English

Twisted cubic and orbits of lines in $\mathrm{PG}(3,q)$

Combinatorics 2021-03-29 v2

Abstract

In the projective space PG(3,q)\mathrm{PG}(3,q), we consider the orbits of lines under the stabilizer group of the twisted cubic. It is well known that the lines can be partitioned into classes every of which is a union of line orbits. All types of lines forming a unique orbit are found. For the rest of the line types (apart from one of them) it is proved that they form exactly two or three orbits; sizes and structures of these orbits are determined. Problems remaining open for one type of lines are formulated. For 5q375\le q\le37 and q=64q=64, they are solved.

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@article{arxiv.2103.12655,
  title  = {Twisted cubic and orbits of lines in $\mathrm{PG}(3,q)$},
  author = {Alexander A. Davydov and Stefano Marcugini and Fernanda Pambianco},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.12655},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

27 pages, 19 references. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2103.11248. Some misprints are corrected, pages 1-2 edited