A characterization of 42 ovoids with a certain property in \(\mathrm{PG}(3,2)\) (Q643709)

The author characterizes 42 ovoids in \(\mathrm{PG}(3,2)\) with a special property. The motivation for this study is as follows. Consider the vector space \(V=V(4,2)\). The 16 vectors of \(V\), together with the 140 blocks of cosets of 2-dimensional subspaces of \(V\) form a \(S(3,4,16)\) Steiner 3-wise balanced design. \textit{J. L. Yucas} [J. Comb. Des. 7, No. 2, 113--117 (1999; Zbl 0933.51002)] extended this design to a \(S(4,\{5,6\}, 17)\) design. There are 42 blocks of this design which do not contain the new point \(\infty\) but which contain the zero vector. These blocks define ovoids in \(\mathrm{PG}(3,2)\), i.e., subsets of size 5 of \(V\setminus \{0\}\) in which any four vectors are linearly independent. These ovoids are also elliptic quadrics in \(\mathrm{PG}(3,2)\). These 42 ovoids have the additional property of covering the triangles of \(\mathrm{PG}(3,2)\) exactly once. The author characterizes the 42 ovoids of \(\mathrm{PG}(3,2)\) satisfying this latter property.