Cyclic 2-spreads in V(6, q) and flag-transitive linear spaces

DOI10.1016/J.FFA.2024.102463MaRDI QIDQ6597206zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Cian Jameson, John Sheekey

Publication date 3 September 2024

Published in Finite Fields and their Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FFA.2024.102463

zbMATH Keywords

curvesflag-transitivelinear spacesspreads

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Polynomials over finite fields (11T06) Translation planes and spreads in linear incidence geometry (51A40) Combinatorial structures in finite projective spaces (51E20) Spreads and packing problems in finite geometry (51E23)

Review text

This is a contribution to the classification of all finite linear spaces \(S\) admitting a flag-transitive group \(G\) of collineations; see [\textit{F. Buekenhout} et al., Geom. Dedicata 36, No. 1, 89--94 (1990; Zbl 0707.51017)] for a survey. Many cases of this classification are covered by \textit{M. W. Liebeck} [J. Comb. Theory, Ser. A 84, No. 2, 196--235 (1998; Zbl 0918.51009)] and \textit{J. Saxl} [J. Comb. Theory, Ser. A 100, No. 2, 322--348 (2002; Zbl 1031.51009)]; in the remaining open case, \(S\) has \(q\) points and \(G\le \mathrm {A\Gamma L}(1,q)\) for some prime power \(q\).\N\NThe authors of the paper under review use the polynomial approach of \textit{M. Pauley} and \textit{J. Bamberg} [Finite Fields Appl. 14, No. 2, 537--548 (2008; Zbl 1137.51007)] in the special situation where \(S\) has \(q^6\) points and \(G\) contains a cyclic subgroup of \(\mathrm{GL}(1,q^6)\) that acts transitively on a 2-spread in the vector space \(\mathbb F_q^6\) (i.e.\ on a set of 2-dimensional subspaces that yield a partition of \(\mathbb F_q^6 \setminus \{0\})\). For prime powers \(q\) coprime to \(6\), they describe all possible examples, determine the number of equivalence classes for \(S\), and show that these 2-spreads arise from certain cubic polynomials over \(\mathbb F_{q^2}\). Some new examples appear in this fashion.

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