Characterising pointsets in PG(4,q) that correspond to conics

Publication date 8 September 2016

Abstract: We consider a non-degenerate conic in

P G (2, q^{2})

,

q

odd, that is tangent to

e l l_{i} n f t y

and look at its structure in the Bruck-Bose representation in

P G (4, q)

. We determine which combinatorial properties of this set of points in

P G (4, q)

are needed to reconstruct the conic in

P G (2, q^{2})

. That is, we define a set

C

in

P G (4, q)

with

q^{2}

points that satisfies certain combinatorial properties. We then show that if

q g e 7

, we can use

C

to construct a regular spread

S

in the hyperplane at infinity of

P G (4, q)

, and that

C

corresponds to a conic in the Desarguesian plane

P (S) c o n g P G (2, q^{2})

constructed via the Bruck-Bose correspondence.

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