English

Solids in the space of the Veronese surface in even characteristic

Combinatorics 2021-04-26 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We classify the orbits of solids in the projective space PG(5,q)\text{PG}(5,q), qq even, under the setwise stabiliser KPGL(3,q)K \cong \text{PGL}(3,q) of the Veronese surface. For each orbit, we provide an explicit representative SS and determine two combinatorial invariants: the point-orbit distribution and the hyperplane-orbit distribution. These invariants characterise the orbits except in two specific cases (in which the orbits are distinguished by their line-orbit distributions). In addition, we determine the stabiliser of SS in KK, thereby obtaining the size of each orbit. As a consequence, we obtain a proof of the classification of pencils of conics in PG(2,q)\text{PG}(2,q), qq even, which to the best of our knowledge has been heretofore missing in the literature.

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@article{arxiv.2104.11373,
  title  = {Solids in the space of the Veronese surface in even characteristic},
  author = {Nour Alnajjarine and Michel Lavrauw and Tomasz Popiel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.11373},
  year   = {2021}
}