The partition of $PG(2,q^3)$ arising from an order 3 planar collineation
Combinatorics
2025-03-25 v1
Abstract
Let be a collineation of order 3 acting on whose fixed points are exactly an -plane . Let be a point whose orbit under is a triangle and let be the subgroup of that fixes setwise the -plane and fixes setwise the line . The point orbits of form a partition of the points of and consist of: the singletons ; scattered linear sets on the sides of the triangle ; and -planes. This article studies the structure of this partition, looking at maps that permute elements of the partition. The motivation in studying this partition lies in its application to the construction of the Figueroa projective plane, and the article concludes with a characterisation in this setting.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2503.18262,
title = {The partition of $PG(2,q^3)$ arising from an order 3 planar collineation},
author = {S. G. Barwick and Alice M. W. Hui and Wen-Ai Jackson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.18262},
year = {2025}
}