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Klein quadric

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Description

Let FF be a field. The Klein quadric is the quadric in ℙ5(F)\mathbb{P}^5(F), with coordinates [p01:p02:p03:p12:p13:p23][p_{01} : p_{02} : p_{03} : p_{12} : p_{13} : p_{23}], given by p01p23−p02p13+p03p12=0.p_{01} p_{23} - p_{02} p_{13} + p_{03} p_{12} = 0. Sending a line of ℙ3(F)\mathbb{P}^3(F) to its Plücker coordinates is a bijection from the set of lines of ℙ3(F)\mathbb{P}^3(F) onto the Klein quadric. This bijection is the Klein correspondence.

Two lines of ℙ3(F)\mathbb{P}^3(F) meet if and only if the line of ℙ5(F)\mathbb{P}^5(F) joining their images lies entirely on the Klein quadric. Check on an example: the lines L1L_1 through e0,e1e_0, e_1 and L2L_2 through e0,e2e_0, e_2 meet at [e0][e_0]. Their images are [1:0:0:0:0:0][1 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0] and [0:1:0:0:0:0][0 : 1 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0]. Every point [s:t:0:0:0:0][s : t : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0] of the joining line satisfies the equation, since each product in it has a zero factor.

Remarks

The quadratic form p01p23−p02p13+p03p12p_{01} p_{23} - p_{02} p_{13} + p_{03} p_{12} is a sum of three hyperbolic planes, so the Klein quadric is a non-degenerate quadric of maximal Witt index in ℙ5(F)\mathbb{P}^5(F). Its largest linear subspaces are planes, and they come in two families. The planes of one family correspond to the sets of lines through a fixed point of ℙ3(F)\mathbb{P}^3(F). The planes of the other family correspond to the sets of lines in a fixed plane of ℙ3(F)\mathbb{P}^3(F). Over a finite field 𝔽q\F_q the Klein quadric has (q2+1)(q2+q+1)(q^2 + 1)(q^2 + q + 1) points, the number of lines of PG(3,q)PG(3, q).

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  1. Web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_quadric
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