36 research outputs found

    Unitals in PG(2,q2)PG(2,q^2) with a large 2-point stabiliser

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    Let \cU be a unital embedded in the Desarguesian projective plane \PG(2,q^2). Write MM for the subgroup of \PGL(3,q^2) which preserves \cU. We show that \cU is classical if and only if \cU has two distinct points P,QP,Q for which the stabiliser G=MP,QG=M_{P,Q} has order q2−1q^2-1.Comment: Revised version - clarified the case mu\neq\lambda^{q+1} - 7 page

    Construction of a 3-Dimensional MDS code

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    In this paper, we describe a procedure for constructing qq--ary [N,3,N−2][N,3,N-2]--MDS codes, of length N≤q+1N\leq q+1 (for qq odd) or N≤q+2N\leq q+2 (for qq even), using a set of non--degenerate Hermitian forms in PG(2,q2)PG(2,q^2).Comment: 8 Pages Minor typesetting changes; dedicatio

    Grassmannians of codes

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    Consider the point line-geometry Pt(n,k){\mathcal P}_t(n,k) having as points all the [n,k][n,k]-linear codes having minimum dual distance at least t+1t+1 and where two points XX and YY are collinear whenever X∩YX\cap Y is a [n,k−1][n,k-1]-linear code having minimum dual distance at least t+1t+1. We are interested in the collinearity graph Λt(n,k)\Lambda_t(n,k) of Pt(n,k).{\mathcal P}_t(n,k). The graph Λt(n,k)\Lambda_t(n,k) is a subgraph of the Grassmann graph and also a subgraph of the graph Δt(n,k)\Delta_t(n,k) of the linear codes having minimum dual distance at least t+1t+1 introduced in~[M. Kwiatkowski, M. Pankov, On the distance between linear codes, Finite Fields Appl. 39 (2016), 251--263, doi:10.1016/j.ffa.2016.02.004, arXiv:1506.00215]. We shall study the structure of Λt(n,k)\Lambda_t(n,k) in relation to that of Δt(n,k)\Delta_t(n,k) and we will characterize the set of its isolated vertices. We will then focus on Λ1(n,k)\Lambda_1(n,k) and Λ2(n,k)\Lambda_2(n,k) providing necessary and sufficient conditions for them to be connected.Comment: 20 pages/minor corrections/updated bibliograph

    Geometries arising from trilinear forms on low-dimensional vector spaces

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    Let Gk(V) be the k-Grassmannian of a vector space V with dimV=n. Given a hyperplane H of Gk(V), we define in [I. Cardinali, L. Giuzzi, A. Pasini, A geometric approach to alternating k-linear forms, J. Algebraic Combin. doi: 10.1007/s10801-016-0730-6] a point-line subgeometry of PG(V) called the geometry of poles of H. In the present paper, exploiting the classification of alternating trilinear forms in low dimension, we characterize the possible geometries of poles arising for k=3 and n≤7 and propose some new constructions. We also extend a result of [J.Draisma, R. Shaw, Singular lines of trilinear forms, Linear Algebra Appl. doi: 10.1016/j.laa.2010.03.040] regarding the existence of line spreads of PG(5,K) arising from hyperplanes of G3(V)

    An algorithm for constructing some maximal arcs in \PG(2,q^2)

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    In 1974, J. Thas constructed a new class of maximal arcs for the Desarguesian plane of order q2q^2. The construction relied upon the existence of a regular spread of tangent lines to an ovoid in \PG(3,q) and, in particular, it does apply to the Suzuki--Tits ovoid. In this paper, we describe an algorithm for obtaining a possible representation of such arcs in \PG(2,q^2).Comment: 17 page

    New results on path-decompositions and their down-links

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    In a recent paper the concept of \emph{down-link} from a (Kv,Γ)(K_v,\Gamma)-design \cB to a (Kn,Γ′)(K_n,\Gamma')-design \cB' has been introduced. In the present paper the spectrum problems for Γ′=P4\Gamma'=P_4 are studied. General results on the existence of path-decompositions and embeddings between path-decompositions playing a fundamental role for the construction of down-links are also presented

    On the generation of some Lie-type geometries

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    Let Xn(K)X_n(K) be a building of Coxeter type Xn=AnX_n=A_n or Xn=DnX_n=D_n or defined over a given division ring KK (a field when Xn=DnX_n=D_n). For a non-connected set JJ of nodes of the diagram XnX_n, let Γ(K)=GrJ(Xn(K))\Gamma(K)=Gr_J(X_n(K)) be the JJ-grassmannian of Xn(K)X_n(K) . We prove that Γ(K)\Gamma(K) cannot be generated over any proper sub-division ring K0K_0 of KK . As a consequence, the generating rank of Γ(K)\Gamma(K) is infinite when KK is not finitely generated. In particular, if KK is the algebraic closure of a finite field of prime order then the generating rank of Gr1,n(An(K))Gr_{1,n}(A_n(K)) is infinite, although its embedding rank is either (n+1)2−1(n+1)^2-1 or (n+1)2(n+1)^2

    On the generation of some Lie-type geometries

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    Let Xn(K) be a building of Coxeter type Xn=An or Xn=Dn defined over a given division ring K (a field when Xn=Dn). For a non-connected set J of nodes of the diagram Xn, let Γ(K)=GrJ(Xn(K)) be the J-grassmannian of Xn(K). We prove that Γ(K) cannot be generated over any proper sub-division ring K0 of K. As a consequence, the generating rank of Γ(K) is infinite when K is not finitely generated. In particular, if K is the algebraic closure of a finite field of prime order then the generating rank of Gr1,n(An(K)) is infinite, although its embedding rank is either (n+1)2−1 or (n+1)2
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