Bisector fields and projective duality

MaRDI QIDQ6440313zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Bruce Olberding, Elaine A. Walker

Publication date 14 June 2023

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Planar arrangements of lines and pseudolines (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C30) Special algebraic curves and curves of low genus (14H45) Configurations and arrangements of linear subspaces (14N20)

Abstract: Working over a field $mathbbk$ of characteristic $e2$, we study what we call bisector fields, which are arrangements of paired lines in the plane that have the property that each line in the arrangement crosses the paired lines in pairs of points that all share the same midpoint. To do so, we use tools from the theory of algebraic curves and projective duality. We obtain a complete classification if $mathbbk$ is real closed or algebraically closed, and we obtain a partial classification if $mathbbk$ is a finite field. A classification for other fields remains an open question. Ultimately this is a question regarding affine equivalence within a system of certain rational quartic curves.

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