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On mutually $\mu$-intersecting quasi-Hermitian varieties with some applications

Combinatorics 2025-08-26 v4

Abstract

Let W\mathcal W be a non-empty set of points of a finite Desarguesian projective space PG(n,q)\mathrm{PG}(n,q). A collection of varieties of PG(n,q)\mathrm{PG}(n,q) is \emph{mutually μ\mu-intersecting (relatively to W\mathcal W)} if its elements meet all W\mathcal W in the same number of points and pairwise intersect in W\mathcal W in exactly μ\mu-points. Here we construct a new family of mutually μ\mu-intersecting algebraic varieties by using certain quasi-Hermitian varieties of PG(n,q2)\mathrm{PG}(n,q^2) where qq is any prime power. With the help of these quasi-Hermitian varieties we provide a new construction of 55-dimensional MDS codes over Fq{\mathbb F}_q as well as an infinite family of simple orthogonal arrays OA(q2n1,q2n2,q,2)OA(q^{2n-1},q^{2n-2},q,2) of index μ=q2n3\mu=q^{2n-3}.

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@article{arxiv.2406.15589,
  title  = {On mutually $\mu$-intersecting quasi-Hermitian varieties with some applications},
  author = {Angela Aguglia and Luca Giuzzi and Viola Siconolfi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.15589},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

16 pages; revised version

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