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Let $p$ denote the characteristic of ${\mathbb F}_q$, the finite field with $q$ elements. We prove that if $q$ is odd then an arc of size $q+2-t$ in the projective plane over ${\mathbb F}_q$, which is not contained in a conic, is contained in the intersection of two curves, which do not share a common component, and have degree at most $t+p^{\lfloor \log_p t \rfloor}$, provided a certain technical condition on $t$ is satisfied. This implies that if $q$ is odd then an arc of size at least $q-\sqrt{q}+\sqrt{q}/p+3$ is contained in a conic if $q$ is square and an arc of size at least $q-\sqrt{q}+\frac{7}{2}$ is contained in a conic if $q$ is prime. This is of particular interest in the case that $q$ is an odd square, since then there are examples of arcs, not contained in a conic, of size $q-\sqrt{q}+1$, and it has long been conjectured that if $q \neq 9$ is an odd square then any larger arc is contained in a conic. These bounds improve on previously known bounds when $q$ is an odd square and for primes less than $1783$. The previously known bounds, obtained by Segre \cite{Segre1967}, Hirschfeld and Korchm\'aros \cite{HK1996} \cite{HK1998}, and Voloch \cite{Voloch1990b} \cite{Voloch19

Author

Ball, Simeon; Lavrauw, Michel

Published

2017

Language

EN