Complete \((k,3)\)-arcs from quartic curves (Q281309)

In the paper under review, the authors provide a new class of infinities families of complete \((k, 3)\)-arcs in \(\mathrm{PG}(2, q)\). The main result of the paper is the following. Theorem. Let \(\sigma\) be a non-square power of a prime \(p>2\), with \(p\equiv 2\pmod{3}\). Define \[ \tau(\sigma) = \begin{cases} \frac{p+5}{4}\text{ if }\sigma= p\geq 29,\\ 2\sqrt{\sigma p} + p - 4\text{ if }\sigma\geq p^3. \end{cases} \] Then, for each power \(q\) of \(\sigma\) with \(q\geq 3600\sigma^6\), there exists a complete \((k, 3)\)-arc in \(\mathrm{PG}(2, q)\) of size \[ k\leq \frac{\tau(\sigma)}{\sigma}q + 6. \] The order of magnitude of the \((k, 3)\)-arcs constructed in the above theorem is significantly smaller than that of the previously known families (which mainly arise from cubic curves). The points of the \((k, 3)\)-arcs constructed in the paper belong, with at most \(6\) exceptions, to the set of the \(\mathbb{F}_q\)-rational points of the quartic curve \(\mathcal Q\) with equation \(Y= X^4\).