The inherited-arc conjecture for tangent conics in André planes of order q^3

Let PG(2,q3){\textup{PG}}(2,q^3) be a projective plane with qq even and q>2q>2. Let C\mathcal{C} be a conic with nucleus NN tangent to the line \ell_\infty at TT, and let D\mathcal{D} be an André set of \ell_\infty with transversal points E,FE,F. For the André replacement net Dm\mathcal{D}^m, write Dm(C)\mathcal{D}_m(\mathcal{C}) for the set corresponding to the affine points of C\mathcal{C}. Inherited-arc conjecture. If

{T,N}{E,F}<2,|\{T,N\}\cap\{E,F\}|<2,

then Dm(C)\mathcal{D}_m(\mathcal{C}) is not an arc in the André plane P(Dm)\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{D}^m) for either m{1,2}m\in\{1,2\}. Computer searches for t=3t=3 and small qq found no counterexamples, while the complementary case in which both TT and NN are transversal points yields inherited arcs; the conjecture asserts that no further cases occur.

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S. G. Barwick, Alice M. W. Hui and Wen-Ai Jackson, “Inherited arcs in André planes of even order”, arXiv:2606.14345 (2026).

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