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A Classification of Hyperfocused 12-Arcs

Combinatorics 2021-05-19 v1

Abstract

A kk-arc in PG(2,q2,q) is a set of kk points no three of which are collinear. A hyperfocused kk-arc is a kk-arc in which the (k2)k \choose 2 secants meet some external line in exactly k1k-1 points. Hyperfocused kk-arcs can be viewed as 1-factorizations of the complete graph KkK_k that embed in PG(2,q2,q). We study the 526,915,620 1-factorizations of K12K_{12}, determine which are embeddable in PG(2,q2,q), and classify hyperfocused 1212-arcs. Specifically we show if a 1212-arc K\mathcal{K} is a hyperfocused arc in PG(2,q2,q) then q=25kq = 2^{5k} and K\mathcal{K} is a subset of a hyperconic including the nucleus.

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@article{arxiv.2105.08300,
  title  = {A Classification of Hyperfocused 12-Arcs},
  author = {Philip DeOrsey and Stephen G. Hartke and Jason Williford},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.08300},
  year   = {2021}
}
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