Association schemes from ovoids in \(PG(3,q)\) (Q1402888)

The author discusses three proofs of a conjecture of De Caen and Van Dam on existence of some four-class association scheme on the set of unordered pairs of distinct points of the projective line \(\text{PG}(1,4^f)\), where \(f\geq 2\) is an integer. These proofs of the conjecture are contained in three articles, see [\textit{G. L. Ebert}, \textit{S. Egner}, \textit{H. D. L. Hollmann} and \textit{Q. Xiang}, Eur. J. Comb. 23, No. 2, 201--206 (2002; Zbl 0998.05066), J. Comb. Theory, Ser. A 96, No. 1, 180--191 (2001; Zbl 1010.05083), \textit{H. Tanaka}, Eur. J. Comb. 23, No. 1, 121--129 (2002; Zbl 0990.05142)]. The discussion of the proofs given in the first and the third article is sketchy. Much more discussion is devoted to the proof in the second article, since it is related to finite geometry, and it actually proves a generalization of the De Caen-Van Dam conjecture.