On the Equivalence, Stabilisers, and Feet of Buekenhout-Tits Unitals

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Authors: Jake Faulkner, Geertrui Van de Voorde 

Publication date: 22 September 2022

Abstract: This paper addresses a number of problems concerning Buekenhout-Tits unitals in $PG(2,q^2)$, where $q=2^{e+1}$ and $egeq1$. We show that all Buekenhout-Tits unitals are $PGL$-equivalent (addressing an open problem in [S. Barwick and G. L. Ebert. Unitals in projective planes. Springer Monographs in Mathematics. Springer, New York, 2008.]), explicitly describe their $PGammaL$-stabiliser (expanding Ebert's work in [G.L. Ebert. Buekenhout-Tits unitals. J. Algebraic. Combin. 6.2 (1997), 133-140], and show that lines meet the feet of points no on $el{l}_{i}nfty$ in at most four points. Finally, we show that feet of points not on $el{l}_{i}nfty$ are not always a $0,1,2,4$-set, in contrast to what happens for Buekenhout-Metz unitals [N. Abarz'ua, R. Pomareda, and O. Vega. Feet in orthogonal-Buekenhout-Metz unitals. Adv. Geom. 18.2 (2018), 229-236].

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