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The $m$-ovoids of ${\cal W}(5,2)$

Combinatorics 2022-07-05 v1

Abstract

In this paper we are concerned with mm-ovoids of the symplectic polar space W(2n+1,q){\cal W}(2n+1, q), qq even. In particular we show the existence of an elliptic quadric of PG(2n+1,q){\rm PG}(2n+1, q) not polarizing to W(2n+1,q){\cal W}(2n+1, q) forming a (qn1q1)\left(\frac{q^n-1}{q-1}\right)-ovoid of W(2n+1,q){\cal W}(2n+1, q). A further class of (q+1)(q+1)-ovoids of W(5,q){\cal W}(5, q) is exhibited. It arises by glueing together two orbits of a subgroup of PSp(6,q){\rm PSp}(6, q) isomorphic to PSL(2,q2){\rm PSL}(2, q^2). We also show that the obtained mm-ovoids do not fall in any of the examples known so far in the literature. Moreover, a computer classification of the mm-ovoids of W(5,2){\cal W}(5, 2) is acquired. It turns out that W(5,2){\cal W}(5, 2) has mm-ovoids if and only if m=3m = 3 and that there are exactly three pairwise non-isomorphic examples. The first example comes from an elliptic quadric Q(5,2){\cal Q}^-(5, 2) polarizing to W(5,2){\cal W}(5, 2), whereas the other two are the 33-ovoids previously mentioned.

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@article{arxiv.2207.01128,
  title  = {The $m$-ovoids of ${\cal W}(5,2)$},
  author = {Michela Ceria and Francesco Pavese},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.01128},
  year   = {2022}
}