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A curve and its abstract generalized Jacobian

Algebraic Geometry 2026-05-13 v1 Logic

Abstract

To a smooth proper curve CC over a field kk equipped with a kk-point cc and an effective divisor m\mathfrak m coprime to cc, one may associate the abstract group Jm(kˉ)J_{\mathfrak m}(\bar k) of k\overline k-points of the generalized Jacobian, as well as a subset (CSupp(m))(kˉ)Jm(kˉ).(*) \tag{*} \big(C\setminus \operatorname{Supp}(\mathfrak m)\big)(\bar k) \subset J_{\mathfrak m}(\bar k). We show that the data (C,c,m)(C,c,\mathfrak m) can be retrieved from (*) up to a twist by an automorphism of k\overline k, proving a conjecture of Booher and Voloch. By a result of Booher and Voloch this shows that when kk is a finite field, the same data may also be retrieved from LL-functions of characters of certain Galois extensions of the function field of CC. The proof is a generalization of Zilber's well known work "A curve and its abstract Jacobian".

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@article{arxiv.2605.09155,
  title  = {A curve and its abstract generalized Jacobian},
  author = {Benjamin Castle and Ishai Dan-Cohen and Assaf Hasson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.09155},
  year   = {2026}
}

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24 pages

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