Invertible symmetric 3 3 binary matrices and GQ(2,4)

DOI10.1080/03081087.2011.651725zbMATH Open1255.51003arXiv1009.1768OpenAlexW3103124495MaRDI QIDQ3143321FDOQ3143321

Authors: Andrea Blunck, Péter Lévay, Metod Saniga, Péter Vrana 

Publication date: 29 November 2012

Published in: Linear and Multilinear Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We reveal an intriguing connection between the set of 27 (disregarding the identity) invertible symmetric 3 x 3 matrices over GF(2) and the points of the generalized quadrangle GQ(2,4). The 15 matrices with eigenvalue one correspond to a copy of the subquadrangle GQ(2,2), whereas the 12 matrices without eigenvalues have their geometric counterpart in the associated double-six. The fine details of this correspondence, including the precise algebraic meaning/analogue of collinearity, are furnished by employing the representation of GQ(2,4) as a quadric in PG(5,2) of projective index one. An interesting physical application of our findings is also mentioned.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.1768

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zbMATH Keywords

quadratic formssymplectic polaritybinary matrices of order 3 - GQ(2,4) - PG(5,2)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generalized quadrangles and generalized polygons in finite geometry (51E12) Combinatorial structures in finite projective spaces (51E20)

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