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Inherited conics in Hall planes

Authors :
Blokhuis, Aart
Kovács, István
Nagy, Gábor P.
Szőnyi, Tamás
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

The existence of ovals and hyperovals is an old question in the theory of non-Desarguesian planes. The aim of this paper is to describe when a conic of ${\rm PG}(2,q)$ remains an arc in the Hall plane obtained by derivation. Some combinatorial properties of the inherited conics are obtained also in those cases when it is not an arc. The key ingredient of the proof is an old lemma by Segre-Korchm\'aros on Desargues configurations with perspective triangles inscribed in a conic.

Subjects

Subjects :
Mathematics - Combinatorics

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1805.09984
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disc.2018.12.009