On \(F_{q^2}\)-maximal curves of genus \(\frac{1}{6}(q-3)q\)
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instance of: scholarly article
title: On \(F_{q^2}\)-maximal curves of genus \(\frac{1}{6}(q-3)q\)
zbMATH Open document ID: 1073.11043
published in: Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie
publication date: 2005-04-06T00:00:00Z
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review text: Let \(q=3^t\), where \(t\) is a positive integer. The authors study maximal curves of genus \((q-3)q/6\) defined over the finite field \(K={\mathbb F}_{q^2}\). They show that when \(t\geq 3\), the nonsingular model of the plane curve defined by the equation \(\sum_{i=0}^{t-1} y^{3^i}=ax^{q+1}\), where \(a\in K\) such that \(a^{q-1}=-1\), is such a maximal curve. The authors show that there may be only one other possibility for such a maximal curve of this genus -- a nonreflexive space curve of degree \(q+1\) whose tangent surface is also nonreflexive. However, they are not able to determine whether such a nonreflexive curve actually exists. The proof uses results of \textit{R.~D.~M.~Accola} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 251, 357--373 (1979; Zbl 0417.14021)], as well as the Castelnuovo bound and Stöhr-Voloch Weierstrass point theory. These techniques have been used in earlier papers by the second author and \textit{G.~Korchmáros} [for example, Math. Ann. 323, No. 3, 589--608 (2002; Zbl 1018.11029)].
reviewed by: Robert F. Lax
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11G20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 14G05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 14G10
zbMATH DE Number: 2153158
zbMATH Keywords: maximal curve
zbMATH Keywords: nonreflexive variety
zbMATH Keywords: Artin-Schreier extension
author: Miriam Abdon
author: Fernando Torres
MaRDI profile type: Publication
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2153158