Characterizations of finite classical polar spaces by intersection numbers with hyperplanes and spaces of codimension 2

DOI10.1007/S00493-010-2441-2zbMATH Open1224.05074arXiv1309.2005OpenAlexW1967887609MaRDI QIDQ532121FDOQ532121

Authors: Stefaan De Winter, Jeroen Schillewaert 

Publication date: 26 April 2011

Published in: Combinatorica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this article we show that non-singular quadrics and non-singular Hermitian varieties are completely characterized by their intersection numbers with respect to hyperplanes and spaces of codimension 2. This strongly generalizes a result by Ferri and Tallini cite{FT} and also provides necessary and sufficient conditions for quasi-quadrics (respectively their Hermitian analogues) to be non-singular quadrics (respectively Hermitian varieties).} section{Introduction} When Segre cite{Segre} proved his celebrated characterization of conics ("every set of $q+1$ points in $mathrmPG(2,q)$, $q$ odd, no three of which are collinear, is a conic"), he did more than proving a beautiful and interesting theorem; he in fact provided the starting point of a new direction in combinatorial geometry. In this branch of combinatorics the idea is to provide purely combinatorial characterizations of objects classically defined in an algebraic way. This article wants to contribute to this theory by proving strong characterizations of classical finite polar spaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.2005

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zbMATH Keywords

quadricHermitian variety

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Polar geometry, symplectic spaces, orthogonal spaces (51A50)

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