Poncelet Triangles and Tetragons over Finite Fields
Algebraic Geometry
2026-03-17 v3
Abstract
In the projective plane over a finite field of characteristic not equal to 2, we compute the probability that a randomly selected pair of distinct conics , with smooth or singular and smooth, in a fixed pencil of conics will admit a triangle or a tetragon inscribed in and circumscribed about . We do this for all pencils, classified up to projective automorphism, with at least one smooth conic; effectively allowing the case where our conic pairs intersect non-transversally.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2511.06347,
title = {Poncelet Triangles and Tetragons over Finite Fields},
author = {Milena Radnović and Ruzzel Ragas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.06347},
year = {2026}
}