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Ovoidal fibrations in $PG(3,q), q$ even

Group Theory 2017-04-21 v1

Abstract

We prove that, given a partition of the point-set of PG(3,q),q=2n>2PG(3,q), q=2^n >2, by ovoids {θi}i=0q\{\theta_i\}^q_{i=0} of PG(3,q)PG(3,q) and a line \ell of PG(3,q)PG(3,q), not tangent to θ0\theta_0 if \ell^\perp denotes the polar of \ell relative to the symplectic form on PG(3,q)PG(3,q) whose isotropic lines are the tangent lines to θ0\theta_0, then \ell and \ell^\perp are tangent to distinct ovoids θj,θk\theta_j, \theta_k, both distinct from θ0\theta_0. This uses the fact that the radical of the linear code generated by the dual duals \ell\cup \ell^\perp of the hyperbolic quadrics , with \ell and \ell^\perp as above, is of codimension 11

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@article{arxiv.1704.06024,
  title  = {Ovoidal fibrations in $PG(3,q), q$ even},
  author = {N. S. Narasimha Sastry and R. P. Shukla},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.06024},
  year   = {2017}
}

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