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On BEL-configurations and finite semifields
The BEL-construction for finite semifields was introduced in \cite{BEL2007};
a geometric method for constructing semifield spreads, using so-called
BEL-configurations in . In this paper we investigate this construction
in greater detail, and determine an explicit multiplication for the semifield
associated with a BEL-configuration in , extending the results from
\cite{BEL2007}, where this was obtained only for . Given a
BEL-configuration with associated semifields spread , we also show
how to find a BEL-configuration corresponding to the dual spread
. Furthermore, we study the effect of polarities in on
BEL-configurations, leading to a characterisation of BEL-configurations
associated to symplectic semifields.
We give precise conditions for when two BEL-configurations in
define isotopic semifields. We define operations which preserve the BEL
property, and show how non-isotopic semifields can be equivalent under this
operation. We also define an extension of the ```switching'' operation on
BEL-configurations in introduced in \cite{BEL2007}, which, together
with the transpose operation, leads to a group of order acting on
BEL-configurations