Classification of the Hyperovals in PG(2,64)

Abstract

In this paper, we present a full classification of the hyperovals in the finite projective plane $\mathrm{PG}(2,64)$, showing that there are exactly 4 isomorphism classes. The techniques developed to obtain this result can be applied more generally to classify point sets with $0$ or $2$ points on every line, in a broad range of highly symmetric incidence structures.