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A unital in PG(2,q^2) is a set U of q^3+1 points such that each line meets U in 1 or q+1 points. The well known example is the classical unital consisting of all absolute points of a non-degenerate unitary polarity of PG(2,q^2). Unitals…

In this article we consider a set C of points in PG(4,q), q even, satisfying certain combinatorial properties with respect to the planes of PG(4,q). We show that there is a regular spread in the hyperplane at infinity, such that in the…

In this paper we present the results from a program developed by the author that finds the unitals of the known 193 projective planes of order 25.. There are several planes for which we have not found any unital. One or more than one…

In each of the three projective planes coordinatised by the Knuth's binary semifield $\mathbb{K}_n$ of order $2^n$ and two of its Knuth derivatives, we exhibit a new family of infinitely many translation hyperovals. In particular, when…

Ovoids in $\PG(3, \gf(q))$ have been an interesting topic in coding theory, combinatorics, and finite geometry for a long time. So far only two families of ovoids are known. The first is the elliptic quadratics and the second is the Tits…

Fix a point in a finite-dimensional complex vector space and consider the sequence of iterates of this point under the composition of a unitary map with the orthogonal projection on the hyperplane orthogonal to the starting point. We prove…

We show that a unital $U$ in $\mathrm{PG}(2,q^2)$ containing a point $P$, such that at least $q^2-\epsilon$ of the secant lines through $P$ intersect $U$ in a Baer subline, is an ovoidal Buekenhout-Metz unital (where $\epsilon\approx 2q$…

Ovoids of the Klein quadric $Q^+(5,q)$ of $\mathrm{PG}(5,q)$ have been studied in the last 40 year, also because of their connection with spreads of $\mathrm{PG}(3,q)$ and hence translation planes. Beside the classical example given by a…

In this study we performed a computer search for unitals in planes of order 16. Some new unitals were found and we show that some unitals can be embedded in two or more different planes.

Let $U_\theta$ be a unital defined in a shift plane of odd order $q^2$, which are constructed recently by the authors. In particular, when the shift plane is desarguesian, $U_\theta$ is a special Buekenhout-Metz unital formed by a union of…

We present a new construction of non-classical unitals from a classical unital $U$ in $PG(2,q^2)$. The resulting non-classical unitals are B-M unitals. The idea is to find a non-standard model $\Pi$ of $PG(2,q^2)$ with the following three…

The unit vectors transformation between the Cartesian and the novel Similar Oblate Spheroidal coordinates, and vice versa, is derived. It can help to transform vector fields between these two types of orthogonal coordinates which can…

Intermediate dimensions were recently introduced to interpolate between the Hausdorff and box-counting dimensions of fractals. Firstly, we show that these intermediate dimensions may be defined in terms of capacities with respect to certain…

We present a model in which elementary particles and forces are unified in the framework of quantum field theory in higher dimensions. The particles include gauge bosons, quarks and leptons, as well as the Higgs bosons and the forces…

A {\em maximal partial ovoid} of a generalized quadrangle is a maximal set of points no two of which are collinear. The problem of determining the smallest size of a maximal partial ovoid in quadrangles has been extensively studied in the…

Given an Euclidean space, this paper elucidates the topological link between the partial derivatives of the Minkowski functional associated to a set (assumed to be compact, convex, with a differentiable boundary and a non-empty interior)…

We study the packing dimension of unions of subsets of $k$-planes in $\mathbb{R}^n$ using tools from algorithmic information theory, obtaining an analog of a result of H\'era and a mild generalization of a recent result of Fraser. Along the…

Let $F$ be a finite extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$, let $\Omega_F$ be Drinfeld's upper half-plane over $F$ and let $G^0$ the subgroup of $GL_2(F)$ consisting of elements whose determinant has norm $1$. By working locally on $\Omega_F$, we…

We prove that, given a partition of the point-set of $PG(3,q), q=2^n >2$, by ovoids $\{\theta_i\}^q_{i=0}$ of $PG(3,q)$ and a line $\ell$ of $PG(3,q)$, not tangent to $\theta_0$ if $\ell^\perp$ denotes the polar of $\ell$ relative to the…

It is known that the Hermitian varieties are codewords in the code defined by the points and hyperplanes of the projective spaces $PG(r,q^2)$. In finite geometry, also quasi-Hermitian varieties are defined. These are sets of points of…