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The determination of ovoids of PG(3,q) containing a pointed conic

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It is shown that if a plane of PG(3,q),q even, meets an ovoid in a pointed conic, then eitherq=4 and the ovoid is an elliptic quadric, orq=8 and the ovoid is a Tits ovoid.

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Brown, M.R. The determination of ovoids of PG(3,q) containing a pointed conic. J Geom 67, 61–72 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01220298

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