A relative m-cover of a Hermitian surface is a relative hemisystem

Abstract: An

m

-cover of the Hermitian surface

H (3, q^{2})

of

P G (3, q^{2})

is a set

m a t h c a l S

of lines of

H (3, q^{2})

such that every point of

H (3, q^{2})

lies on exactly

m

lines of

m a t h c a l S

, and

0 < m < q + 1

. Segre (1965) proved that if

q

is odd, then

m = (q + 1) / 2

, and called such a set

m a t h c a l S

of lines a hemisystem. Penttila and Williford (2011) introduced the notion of a relative hemisystem: a set of lines

m a t h c a l R

of

H (3, q^{2})

,

q

even, disjoint from a symplectic subgeometry

W (3, q)

such that every point of

H (3, q^{2}) s e t m i n u s W (3, q)

lies on exactly

q / 2

elements of

m a t h c a l R

. In this paper, we provide an analogue of Segre's result by introducing relative

m

-covers of

H (3, q^{2})

with respect to a symplectic subgeometry and proving that

m

must necessarily be

q / 2

.

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