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We complete the classification of transitive hyperovals with groups of order divisible by \(\textit{four}\).

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Correspondence to Benjamin C. Cooper.

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This is one of several papers published in Designs, Codes and Cryptography comprising the “Special Issue on Finite Geometries”.

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Cooper, B.C., Penttila, T. Transitive hyperovals. Des. Codes Cryptogr. 79, 619–623 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10623-015-0061-y

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