On large complete arcs: Odd case

DOI10.1016/S0012-365X(01)00395-8MaRDI QIDQ1849889zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Fernanda Pambianco, Fernando Torres, Massimo Giulietti, Emanuela Ughi

Publication date 2 December 2002

Published in Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9905037

zbMATH Keywords

\(k\)-arcHasse-Weil boundprojective plane

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Blocking sets, ovals, (k)-arcs (51E21)

Abstract: An approach for the computation of upper bounds on the size of large complete arcs is presented. We obtain in particular geometrical properties of irreducible envelopes associated to a second largest complete arc provided that the order of the underlying field is large enough. We use Stoehr-Voloch's approach to the Hasse-Weil bound for rational points of curves defined over finite fields

Review text

A \(k\)-arc in a projective plane is a set of \(k\) points no three of which are collinear. An arc is complete if it is not properly contained in another arc. It is well known that the maximum size of a \(k\)-arc in a desarguesian projective plane of order \(q\) is \(q+1\) if \(q\) is odd and \(q+2\) if \(q\) is even. This paper is concerned with the second largest size that a complete \(k\)-arc in a desarguesian plane can have. Inspired by results of \textit{J. F. Voloch} [Advances in finite geometries and designs, 401-406 (1991; Zbl 0734.51010)] and \textit{J. W. P. Hirschfeld} and \textit{G. Korchmáros} [Bull. Belg. Math. Soc. 5, 313-340 (1998; Zbl 0924.11053)], the authors use irreducible envelopes to deduce general upper bounds. In particular, these bounds yield independent proofs of previously established results.

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