Hyperovals in Knuth's binary semifield planes

DOI10.1016/J.EJC.2016.11.010MaRDI QIDQ518179zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nicola Durante, Rocco Trombetti, Yue Zhou

Publication date 28 March 2017

Published in European Journal of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.06267

hyperovals semifield planes translation hyperovals

Semifields (12K10) Translation planes and spreads in linear incidence geometry (51A40) Blocking sets, ovals, (k)-arcs (51E21)

Abstract: In each of the three projective planes coordinatised by the Knuth's binary semifield

m a t h b b K_{n}

of order

2^{n}

and two of its Knuth derivatives, we exhibit a new family of infinitely many translation hyperovals. In particular, when

n = 5

, we also present complete lists of all translation hyperovals in them. The properties of some designs associated with these hyperovals are also studied.

Review text

Let \(\Pi\) be a finite projective plane of order \(q\). An oval is a set of \(q + 1\) points, no three of which are collinear. When \(q\) is even, every oval can be uniquely extended to a set of \(q + 2\) points, no three of which are collinear. Such a set of \(q + 2\) points is called a \textit{hyperoval}. If \(\Pi\) is a translation plane of even order \(q\) having translation line \(\ell_{\infty}\) then a hyperoval \(\mathcal{O}\) is called a \textit{translation hyperoval} if \(\ell_{\infty}\) contains two points of \(\mathcal{O}\) and there exists a subgroup of order \(q\) in the translation group acting regularly on the remaining \(q\) points of \(\mathcal{O}\). A complete classification of hyperovals in the case \(\Pi=\mathrm{PG}(2, q)\) is not known, although there are several inequivalent hyperovals in \(\mathrm{PG}(2, q)\) besides the regular hyperovals (conic plus its nucleus). In this paper, the authors present three new families of translation hyperovals: one in the semifield plane \(\Pi(\mathbb{K}_n)\) coordinated by the Knuth's binary presemifield \(\mathbb{K}_n\), one in \(\Pi(\mathbb{K}_{n}^t)\) and another one in \(\Pi(\mathbb{K}_n^{td})\), where \(t\) and \(d\) are the transpose and the dual operation on \(\mathbb{K}_n\), respectively. Also, they give a complete list of translation hyperovals in such planes when \(n = 5\).

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