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Nets of conics containing a double line in $\mathrm{PG}(2,q)$, $q$ even

Combinatorics 2025-09-11 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

This paper completes the classification of nets of conics containing at least one double line in PG(2,q)\mathrm{PG}(2,q) for qq even. This classification contributes to the classification of partially symmetric tensors in Fq3S2Fq3\mathbb{F}_q^3 \otimes S^2 \mathbb{F}_q^3, qq even. The proof is obtained using geometric and combinatorial properties of the Veronese surface in 5-dimensional projective space over the finite field of even order. In particular, the orbits of planes in PG(5,q)\mathrm{PG}(5,q) that intersect the nucleus plane of the Veronese surface in at least one point are classified. As a result, it is shown that there are exactly 1818 equivalence classes of nets in PG(2,q)\mathrm{PG}(2,q), qq even, containing at least one double line, 99 of which have an empty base.

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@article{arxiv.2509.03840,
  title  = {Nets of conics containing a double line in $\mathrm{PG}(2,q)$, $q$ even},
  author = {Nour Alnajjarine and Michel Lavrauw},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.03840},
  year   = {2025}
}