Poncelet triangles and tetragons over finite fields
In the projective plane over a finite field of characteristic not equal to 2, we compute the probability that a randomly selected pair of distinct conics $(\mathscr{A},\mathscr{B})$, with $\mathscr{A}$ smooth or singular and $\mathscr{B}$ smooth, in a fixed pencil of conics will admit a triangle or a tetragon inscribed in $\mathscr{A}$ and circumscribed about $\mathscr{B}$. We do this for all pencils, classified up to projective automorphism, with at least one smooth conic; effectively allowing the case where our conic pairs intersect non-transversally.
Authors
- Ruzzel Ragas
- Milena Radnović
Publication Details
- Journal
- Finite Fields and Their Applications
- Published
- 2026-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ffa.2026.102815
- Primary Topic
- Mathematics and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00