English

Transitive PSL(2,11)-invariant k-arcs in PG(4,q)

Combinatorics 2018-10-04 v2

Abstract

A \textit{k}-arc in the projective space PG(n,q){\rm PG}(n,q) is a set of kk projective points such that no subcollection of n+1n+1 points is contained in a hyperplane. In this paper, we construct new 6060-arcs and 110110-arcs in PG(4,q){\rm PG}(4,q) that do not arise from rational or elliptic curves. We introduce computational methods that, when given a set P\mathcal{P} of projective points in the projective space of dimension nn over an algebraic number field Q(ξ)\mathcal{Q}(\xi), determines a complete list of primes pp for which the reduction modulo pp of P\mathcal{P} to the projective space PG(n,ph){\rm PG}(n,p^h) may fail to be a kk-arc. Using these methods, we prove that there are infinitely many primes pp such that PG(4,p){\rm PG}(4,p) contains a PSL(2,11){\rm PSL}(2,11)-invariant 110110-arc, where PSL(2,11){\rm PSL}(2,11) is given in one of its natural irreducible representations as a subgroup of PGL(5,p){\rm PGL}(5,p). Similarly, we show that there exist PSL(2,11){\rm PSL}(2,11)-invariant 110110-arcs in PG(4,p2){\rm PG}(4,p^2) and PSL(2,11){\rm PSL}(2,11)-invariant 6060-arcs in PG(4,p){\rm PG}(4,p) for infinitely many primes pp.

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@article{arxiv.1804.09707,
  title  = {Transitive PSL(2,11)-invariant k-arcs in PG(4,q)},
  author = {Torger Olson and Eric Swartz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.09707},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

21 pages; updated and revised