On non-singular Hermitian varieties of PG(4, q^2)

DOI10.1016/J.DISC.2019.111634MaRDI QIDQ2279280zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Angela Aguglia, Francesco Pavese

Publication date 12 December 2019

Published in Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disc.2019.111634

zbMATH Keywords

algebraic hypersurfaceHermitian varietyunital

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Combinatorial structures in finite projective spaces (51E20)

Review text

Several authors have been interested in giving purely combinatorial characterizations of objects classically defined in an algebraic way. A non-singular Hermitian variety of \(\operatorname{PG}(r,q^2)\) is projectively equivalent to the hypersurface defined by \(\sum_{i=0}^r X_i^{q+1} = 0\). In [Combinatorica 30, No. 1, 25--45 (2010; Zbl 1224.05074)], \textit{S. De Winter} and \textit{J. Schillewaert} prove that a subset of points of \(\operatorname{PG}(r,q^2),\ r\ge 3\), having the same intersection numbers with respect to hyperplanes and subspaces of codimension \(2\) as a non-singular Hermitian variety, is a non-singular Hermitian variety. In an earlier paper [J. Aust. Math. Soc. 107, No. 1, 1--18 (2019; Zbl 1420.51007)], the first author shows that a hypersurface \(\mathcal{H}\) of \(\operatorname{PG}(4,q^2)\) of degree \(q+1\) having the same intersection numbers with respect to hyperplanes of a non-singular Hermitian variety is a non-singular Hermitian variety. The main result of this paper is as follows: Let \(\mathcal{H}\) be a hypersurface of \(\operatorname{PG}(4,q^2),\ q>3\), defined over \(\operatorname{GF}(q^2)\), and not containing planes. If the degree of \(\mathcal{H}\) is \(q+1\) and the number of its rational points is \(q^7+q^5+q^2+1\), then every plane of \(\operatorname{PG}(4,q^2)\) meets \(\mathcal{H}\) in at least \(q^2+1\) rational points. If there is at least one plane that intersects \(\mathcal{H}\) in exactly \(q^2+1\) points defined over \(\operatorname{GF}(q^2)\), then \(\mathcal{H}\) is a non-singular Hermitian variety of \(\operatorname{PG}(4,q^2)\). The main steps of the argument are to show that \(\mathcal{H}\) intersects each line of \(\operatorname{PG}(4,q^2)\) in at least one point, and then to study the set of planes of \(\operatorname{PG}(4,q^2)\) meeting \(\mathcal{H}\) in exactly \(q^2+1\) rational points. The result of De Winter and Schillewaert is used to conclude the proof.

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