Classifying pseudo-ovals, translation generalized quadrangles, and elation Laguerre planes of small order (Q6587199)

A generalised quadrangle is a \textit{translation generalised quadrangle} (TGQ) if there exists an abelian group \(G\) of automorphisms fixing a point \(P\), fixing every line through \(P\), and acting regularly on the points not collinear with \(P\). TGQs lie in the nexus of many objects in finite geometry. For example, translation generalised quadrangles of order \((q,q^2)\) with Property (G) at a flag, are equivalent to semifield flocks of the quadratic cone, translation spreads of the symplectic space \(W(q)\), eggs that are good at an element, and translation ovoids of the quadric \(Q(4,q)\). TGQs with the same number of points as lines are equivalent to pseudo-ovals of projective spaces and elation Laguerre planes (with certain parameters). \N\NThis paper provides a classification of all pseudo-ovals of \(\mathrm{PG}(8,2)\) and \(\mathrm{PG}(11,2)\), and all pseudo-ovals of \(\mathrm{PG}(14,2)\) and \(\mathrm{PG}(17,2)\) with an extra condition (i.e., having a locally defined Desarguesian translation plane). As a by-product, the authors classify all TGQs of order 8 and 16, and all TGQs \(T(\mathcal{O})\) of order 32 and 64, when the pseudo-oval \(\mathcal{O}\) gives rise to a Desarguesian translation plane.