Simultaneous diagonalization of conics in PG(2,q). A finite-geometry approach for simultaneous diagonalization of symmetric 3 3 matrices in GF(q)

DOI10.1007/S10623-015-0097-ZMaRDI QIDQ281318zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Katharina Kusejko

Publication date 10 May 2016

Published in Designs, Codes and Cryptography (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.3954

zbMATH Keywords

finite projective planenested conicspencil of conicssimultaneous diagonalization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite affine and projective planes (geometric aspects) (51E15) Combinatorial structures in finite projective spaces (51E20)

Abstract: Consider two symmetric $3imes3$ matrices $A$ and $B$ with entries in $GF(q)$, for $q=p^n$, $p$ an odd prime. The zero sets of $v^{T}Av$ and $v^{T}Bv$ can be viewed as (possibly degenerate) conics in the finite projective coordinate plane of order $q$. Using combinatorial properties of pencils of conics in $PG(2,q)$, we are able to tell when it is possible to find a nonsingular matrix $S$ with entries in $GF(q)$, such that $S^{T}AS$ and $S^{T}BS$ are both diagonal matrices. This is equivalent to the existence of a collineation mapping two given conics into conics with matrices in diagonal form. For two proper conics, we will in particular compare the situation in $PG(2,q)$ to the real projective plane and point out some differences.

Review text

Let \(C_1\) and \(C_2\) be proper conics in a Desarguesian projective plane of odd order. The author investigates the question whether it is possible to diagonalize \(C_1\) and \(C_2\) simultaneously. It turns out that this is possible if and only if \(| C_1\cap C_2|\) is even and the pencil of conics generated by \(C_1\) and \(C_2\) contains at least two degenerate conics.

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