The classification of inherited hyperconics in Hall planes of even order (Q1041187)

A conic together with its nucleus in a Desarguesian plane of even characteristic is often called a hyperconic. If we derive a square order Desarguesian plane to obtain a Hall plane and the point set of some hyperconic in the Desarguesian plane remains an arc (no three points collinear) in the resulting Hall plane, then this arc is called an inherited hyperconic of the Hall plane. In the paper under review it is shown that there are no inherited hyperconics in even order Hall planes when the line at infinity is exterior to the original conic, or when the line at infinity is secant to the original conic with at most one of these secant points in the derivation set. This completes the classification of inherited hyperconics in even order Hall planes. The proofs involve working with various algebraic equations over finite fields of even characteristic.