A characterization of the family of secant lines to a hyperbolic quadric in PG(3,q), q odd

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A characterization of the family of secant lines to a hyperbolic quadric in PG(3,q), q odd

Author : Dr Puspendu Pradhan

Year : 2020

Publisher : Elsevier B.V.

Source Title : Discrete Mathematics

Document Type : Article

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disc.2020.112044

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Abstract

We give a combinatorial characterization of the family of lines of PG(3,q), q≥7 odd, which meet a hyperbolic quadric in two points (the so called secant lines) using their intersection properties with the points and planes of PG(3,q).