Parameter-family conjecture for polycyclic geometric (7m4)(7m_4) configurations

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Let m>3m>3, and consider the voltage group Zm\mathbb Z_m. For parameters a,ba,b, define the two parameter sets F1(m;a,b)F_1(m;a,b) and F2(m;a,b)F_2(m;a,b) by

F1(m;a,b)={a,c,d,e,f,g,q,a′,c′,d′,e′,f′,g′,q′,t}={a,−a,a,b,b,−a,−2a,a,−a,a,b,b,−a,−2a,0}F_1(m;a,b)=\{a,c,d,e,f,g,q,a',c',d',e',f',g',q',t\}=\{a,-a,a,b,b,-a,-2a,a,-a,a,b,b,-a,-2a,0\}

for a≥ba\geq b and 1≤a,b≤m/21\leq a,b\leq m/2, and

F2(m;a,b)={a,c,d,e,f,g,q,a′,c′,d′,e′,f′,g′,q′,t}={a,b,b,b,b,b,b,a,b,b,b,b,b,b,0}F_2(m;a,b)=\{a,c,d,e,f,g,q,a',c',d',e',f',g',q',t\}=\{a,b,b,b,b,b,b,a,b,b,b,b,b,b,0\}

for a≥ba\geq b and a≠m/2a\neq m/2. Parameter-family conjecture. These parameter values lead to geometric (7m4)(7m_4) configurations realizable polycyclically over Zm\mathbb Z_m, and there are other valid as-yet-unidentified parameter families as well. The claim is based on preliminary experiments and the source explicitly notes that further constraints on aa and bb may not yet have been identified; proving and understanding the resulting families is left for future research.

References

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Leah Wrenn Berman, Gábor Gévay and Tomaz Pisanski, “On a new (21_4) polycyclic configuration”, arXiv:2309.12992 (2023).

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