scholarly journals Simple connectivity in polar spaces

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Horn ◽  
Reed Nessler ◽  
Hendrik Van Maldeghem

AbstractWe settle the simple connectivity of the geometry opposite a chamber in a polar space of rank 3 by completing the job for the non-embeddable polar spaces and some polar spaces with small parameters.

10.37236/90 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart De Bruyn

Let $\Delta$ be a symplectic dual polar space $DW(2n-1,{\Bbb K})$ or a Hermitian dual polar space $DH(2n-1,{\Bbb K},\theta)$, $n \geq 2$. We define a class of hyperplanes of $\Delta$ arising from its Grassmann-embedding and discuss several properties of these hyperplanes. The construction of these hyperplanes allows us to prove that there exists an ovoid of the Hermitian dual polar space $DH(2n-1,{\Bbb K},\theta)$ arising from its Grassmann-embedding if and only if there exists an empty $\theta$-Hermitian variety in ${\rm PG}(n-1,{\Bbb K})$. Using this result we are able to give the first examples of ovoids in thick dual polar spaces of rank at least 3 which arise from some projective embedding. These are also the first examples of ovoids in thick dual polar spaces of rank at least 3 for which the construction does not make use of transfinite recursion.


10.37236/6461 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan De Beule ◽  
Klaus Metsch

We show that an $x$-tight set of the Hermitian polar spaces $\mathrm{H}(4,q^2)$ and $\mathrm{H}(6,q^2)$ respectively, is the union of $x$ disjoint generators of the polar space provided that $x$ is small compared to $q$. For $\mathrm{H}(4,q^2)$ we need the bound $x<q+1$ and we can show that this bound is sharp.


10.37236/972 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart De Bruyn ◽  
Antonio Pasini

Cooperstein proved that every finite symplectic dual polar space $DW(2n-1,q)$, $q \neq 2$, can be generated by ${2n \choose n} - {2n \choose n-2}$ points and that every finite Hermitian dual polar space $DH(2n-1,q^2)$, $q \neq 2$, can be generated by ${2n \choose n}$ points. In the present paper, we show that these conclusions remain valid for symplectic and Hermitian dual polar spaces over infinite fields. A consequence of this is that every Grassmann-embedding of a symplectic or Hermitian dual polar space is absolutely universal if the (possibly infinite) underlying field has size at least 3.


10.37236/1102 ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart De Bruyn ◽  
Pieter Vandecasteele

The maximal and next-to-maximal subspaces of a nonsingular parabolic quadric $Q(2n,2)$, $n \geq 2$, which are not contained in a given hyperbolic quadric $Q^+(2n-1,2) \subset Q(2n,2)$ define a sub near polygon ${\Bbb I}_n$ of the dual polar space $DQ(2n,2)$. It is known that every valuation of $DQ(2n,2)$ induces a valuation of ${\Bbb I}_n$. In this paper, we classify all valuations of the near octagon ${\Bbb I}_4$ and show that they are all induced by a valuation of $DQ(8,2)$. We use this classification to show that there exists up to isomorphism a unique isometric full embedding of ${\Bbb I}_n$ into each of the dual polar spaces $DQ(2n,2)$ and $DH(2n-1,4)$.


10.37236/4734 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferdinand Ihringer

A cross-intersecting Erdős-Ko-Rado set of generators of a finite classical polar space is a pair $(Y, Z)$ of sets of generators such that all $y \in Y$ and $z \in Z$ intersect in at least a point. We provide upper bounds on $|Y| \cdot |Z|$ and classify the cross-intersecting Erdős-Ko-Rado sets of maximum size with respect to $|Y| \cdot |Z|$ for all polar spaces except some Hermitian polar spaces.


2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 491-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Metsch

AbstractIn this paper, we call a set of lines of a finite classical polar space an Erdős–Ko–Rado set of lines if no two lines of the polar space are opposite, which means that for any two lines l and h in such a set there exists a point on l that is collinear with all points of h. We classify all largest such sets provided the order of the underlying field of the polar space is not too small compared to the rank of the polar space. The motivation for studying these sets comes from [7], where a general Erdős–Ko–Rado problem was formulated for finite buildings. The presented result provides one solution in finite classical polar spaces.


2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 1034-1056
Author(s):  
Feng Liang ◽  
Maoan Han ◽  
Chaoyuan Jiang

CrystEngComm ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sotaro Kusumoto ◽  
Akira Sugimoto ◽  
Daisuke Kosumi ◽  
Yang Kim ◽  
Yoshihiro Sekine ◽  
...  

In this communication, an organic crystal of the polar space group Pc that is capable of plastically bending in response to external mechanical stress is reported, and its high dielectric...


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