An infinite family of \(m\)-ovoids of \(Q(4,q)\) (Q2302592)

Let \(Q(4,q)\) denote the point line geometry associated to a non-singular quadratic form on the \(5\)-dimensional vector space over the finite field of order \(q\), \(q=p^h\), \(p\) prime, \(h \geq 1\). It is well known that the Witt index of such a form equals \(2\). The singular subspaces of dimension \(1\) and \(2\), are considered as points and lines, respectively, in the projective space \(\mathrm{PG}(4,q)\), and it is well known that this point line geometry is an example of a generalized quadrangle, or order \(q\), embedded in \(\mathrm{PG}(4,q)\). This GQ is one of the so-called finite classical generalized quadrangles. Let \(\mathcal{S}\) be a GQ. An {\em ovoid} of \(\mathcal{S}\) is a set \(\mathcal{O}\) of points such that every line of \(\mathcal{S}\) contains exactly one point of \(\mathcal{O}\). Let \(m \geq 1\). An {\em \(m\)-ovoid} of \(\mathcal{S}\) is a set \(\mathcal{O}\) of points such that every line contains exactly \(m\) points of \(\mathcal{O}\). The concept of an \(m\)-ovoid might look as a straightforward generalization of an ovoid. However, as ovoids of GQs are relatively rare, \(m\)-ovoids are quite exceptional. Some non-existence results are available, but construction results are, so far, quite rare. The nice paper under review provides a construction of \(\frac{q-1}{2}\)-ovoids of \(Q(4,q)\), \(q \equiv 1 \pmod{4}\), \(q > 5\), admitting \(C_{\frac{q^2-1}{2}} \rtimes C_2\) as automorphism group.