An investigation of the tangent splash of a subplane of PG(2,q^3)

DOI10.1007/S10623-014-9971-3MaRDI QIDQ494580zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Wen-Ai Jackson, S. G. Barwick

Publication date 1 September 2015

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.5509

zbMATH Keywords

Bruck-Bose representationcover planescubic extensionlinear setssherk surfacessubplanes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Combinatorial structures in finite projective spaces (51E20)

Abstract: In $PG(2,q^3)$, let $pi$ be a subplane of order $q$ that is tangent to $el{l}_{i}nfty$. The tangent splash of $pi$ is defined to be the set of $q^2+1$ points on $el{l}_{i}nfty$ that lie on a line of $pi$. This article investigates properties of the tangent splash. We show that all tangent splashes are projectively equivalent, investigate sublines contained in a tangent splash, and consider the structure of a tangent splash in the Bruck-Bose representation of $PG(2,q^3)$ in $PG(6,q)$. We show that a tangent splash of $PG(1,q^3)$ is a $GF(q)$-linear set of rank 3 and size $q^2+1$; this allows us to use results about linear sets from cite{lavr10} to obtain properties of tangent splashes.

Review text

Consider a subplane \(\pi\) of order \(q\) in \(\mathrm{PG}(2,q^3)\), that is tangent to a particular line, called \(\ell_\infty\). The tangent splash of \(\pi\) is the set of \(q^2+1\) points on \(\ell_\infty\), that belong to a line of \(\pi\). This article investigates properties of tangent splashes. Let \(T\) be the unique intersection point of \(\pi\) with the line \(\ell_\infty\). The investigation includes: (1) study of order-\(q\)-sublines contained in a tangent splash. It is proven that the unique order-\(q\)-subline of \(\ell_\infty\), containing the center \(T\) and two further points of the tangent splash is completely contained in the tangent splash. (2) The collineation group \(\mathrm{PGL}(3,q^3)\) acts transitively on the tangent splashes of a given line \(\ell_\infty\). (3) The authors count the number of tangent splashes of a given line \(\ell_\infty\) of \(\mathrm{PG}(2,q^3)\). (4) The authors investigate the problem of how many points are required to define a unique order-\(q\)-subplane with a given tangent splash. Using coordinates, the authors prove that a tangent splash of \(\mathrm{PG}(2,q^3)\) is a \(\mathrm{GF}(q)\)-linear set of rank 3 and size \(q^2+1\). This then makes it possible to prove that a tangent splash contains \(q^2+q\) order-\(q\)-sublines, which all contain the center \(T\). Then a tangent splash is considered in the Bruck-Bose representation in \(\mathrm{PG}(6,q)\). In this Bruck-Bose representation, a tangent splash corresponds to a set of \(q^2+1\) planes contained in a 2-regular spread of \(\mathrm{PG}(5,q)\). Via the linear set equivalence, it is shown that a tangent splash in \(\mathrm{PG}(5,q)\) has a set of \(q^2+q+1\) cover planes, which meet the plane representing the center \(T\) in distinct lines, and which meet all the other cover planes of the tangent splash in distinct points.

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