English

Computing minimal Weierstrass equations

Number Theory 2024-01-25 v3

Abstract

We describe an algorithm for determining a minimal Weierstrass equation for hyperelliptic curves over principal ideal domains. When the curve has a rational Weierstrass point w0w_0, we also give a similar algorithm for determining the minimal Weierstrass equation with respect to w0w_0.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2209.00469,
  title  = {Computing minimal Weierstrass equations},
  author = {Qing Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.00469},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

Renumber the sections to match the published version. Add a hypothesis in Proposition 4.6.2.a that is omitted in the published version