A classification of planes intersecting the Veronese surface over finite fields of even order

Abstract

In this paper we contribute towards the classification of partially symmetric tensors in $\mathbb{F}_q^3\otimes S^2\mathbb{F}_q^3$, $q$ even, by classifying planes which intersect the Veronese surface $\mathcal{V}(\mathbb{F}_q)$ in at least one point, under the action of $K\leq \rm{PGL}(6,q)$, $K\cong \rm{PGL}(3,q)$, stabilising the Veronese surface. We also determine a complete set of geometric and combinatorial invariants for each of the orbits.