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In 1974 J.A. Thas constructed a class of maximal arcs in certain translation planes of order q2. We characterise these as being exactly those (non-trivial) maximal arcs that are stabilised by an homology of order q− 1.
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The first author gratefully acknowledges the support of an Australian Postgraduate Research Award.
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Hamilton, N., Penttila, T. A characterisation of thas maximal arcs in translation planes of square order. J Geom 51, 60–66 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01226857
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