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Geometric hyperplanes of the Lie geometry $A_{n,\{1,n\}}(\mathbb{F})$

Combinatorics 2023-08-29 v2

Abstract

In this paper we investigate hyperplanes of the point-line geometry An,{1,n}(F)\mathit{A}_{n,\{1,n\}}(\mathbb{F}) of point-hyerplane flags of the projective geometry PG(n,F)\mathrm{PG}(n,\mathbb{F}). Renouncing a complete classification, which is not yet within our reach, we describe the hyperplanes which arise from the natural embedding of An,{1,n}(F)\mathit{A}_{n,\{1,n\}}(\mathbb{F}), that is the embedding which yields the adjoint representation of SL(n+1,F)\mathrm{SL}(n+1,\mathbb{F}). The information we shall collect on these hyperplanes will allow us to prove that all hyperplanes of An,{1,n}(F)\mathit{A}_{n,\{1,n\}}(\mathbb{F}) are maximal subspaces of An,{1,n}(F)\mathit{A}_{n,\{1,n\}}(\mathbb{F}). Hyperplanes of An,{1,n}(F)\mathit{A}_{n,\{1,n\}}(\mathbb{F}) can also be contructed starting from suitable line-spreads of PG(n,F)\mathrm{PG}(n,\mathbb{F}) (provided that PG(n,F)\mathrm{PG}(n,\mathbb{F}) admits line-spreads, of course). Explicitly, let S\mathfrak{S} be a line-spread of PG(n,K)\mathrm{PG}(n,\mathbb{K}) satisfying certain conditions to be stated in this paper (which hold for all line-spreads obtained via the most popular constructions). The set of point-hyperplane flags (p,H)(p,\mathit{H}) of PG(n,F)\mathrm{PG}(n,\mathbb{F}) such that H\mathit{H} contains the member of S\mathfrak{S} through the point pp is a hyperplane of An,{1,n}(F)\mathit{A}_{n,\{1,n\}}(\mathbb{F}). We call these hyperplanes {\em hyperplanes of spread type}. Many of them arise from the natural embedding. We don't know if this is the case for all of them.

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@article{arxiv.2306.03947,
  title  = {Geometric hyperplanes of the Lie geometry $A_{n,\{1,n\}}(\mathbb{F})$},
  author = {Antonio Pasini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.03947},
  year   = {2023}
}

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