Semiarcs with a long secant in PG(2, q)

MaRDI QIDQ2634811zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Bence Csajbók, Tamás Héger, Gy. Kiss

Publication date 19 February 2016

Published in Innovations in Incidence Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.7207

zbMATH Keywords

blocking setfinite planesemiarcsemiovalSzőnyi-Weiner lemma

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial structures in finite projective spaces (51E20) Blocking sets, ovals, (k)-arcs (51E21)

Abstract: A $t$-semiarc is a pointset ${calS}_t$ with the property that the number of tangent lines to ${calS}_t$ at each of its points is $t$. We show that if a small $t$-semiarc ${calS}_t$ in $mathrmPG(2,q)$ has a large collinear subset $calK$, then the tangents to ${calS}_t$ at the points of $calK$ can be blocked by $t$ points not in $calK$. We also show that small $t$-semiarcs are related to certain small blocking sets. Some characterization theorems for small semiarcs with large collinear subsets in $mathrmPG(2,q)$ are given.

Review text

A non-empty point set \({\mathcal S}_t\) in a projective plane \(\Pi_q\) of order \(q\) is called a \textit{\(t\)-semiarc} if for every point \(P\) in \({\mathcal S}_t,\) there exist exactly \(t\geq 1\) (tangent) lines \(\ell_1,\ell_2,\dots,\ell_t\) such that \({\mathcal S}_t\cap \ell_i=\{P\}\) for \(i=1,2,\dots,t.\) If a line \(\ell\) meets \({\mathcal S}_t\) in \(k\) points, then \(\ell\) is called a \textit{\(k\)-secant}. A \textit{blocking set} \(B\) of \(\Pi_q\) is a set of points such that every line contains at least a point of \(B.\) If there is a line \(\ell\) such that \(|B|=q+|B \cap \ell|,\) then \(B\) is called a Redéi blocking set. In this paper, the authors embed a \(t\)-semiarc with a \(k\)-secant where \(2\leq k\leq q\) and \(1\leq t\leq q-3,\) in a small Redéi blocking set. Using strong results on Redéi blocking sets, they characterise such semiarcs.

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