Classification of the hyperovals in \(\mathrm{PG}(2,64)\) (Q2420563)

Let \(\mathrm{PG}(2,q)\) be the (Desarguesian) projective plane over the finite field \(\mathbb{F}_{q}\). An arc \(\mathcal{A}\) in a projective plane is a set of points no three of which are collinear and it is complete if \(\mathcal{A}\cup \{P\}\) is not an arc for any \(P\in \mathrm{PG}(2,q)\setminus \mathcal{A}\). It is well known that the maximum size of a complete arc is \(q+1\) if \(q\) is odd and \(q+2\) if \(q\) is even. An arc \(\mathcal{A}\) of size \(q+2\) in \(\mathrm{PG}(2,q)\) is called a hyperoval and each line of the plane intersects \(\mathcal{A}\) in \(0\) or \(2\) points. Hyperovals have a number of connections with different mathematical objects, as, for instance, generalized quadrangles, linear codes, bent functions, ovoids, \(\alpha\)-flocks. The classification of hyperovals up to collineations is a hard open problem; it has been done only for \(q\leq 32\). The first open case \(q=64\) is not feasible using the same approach used for \(q=32\) and partial results have been obtained imposing constrains on the structure of the hyperovals under investigation. In this paper, the author provides the full classification of hyperovals for \(q=64\), finding no other examples besides the \(4\) non-equivalent ones already known.