Counting points on surfaces in polynomial time
Number Theory
2025-11-10 v1 Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
We present a randomised algorithm to compute the local zeta function of a fixed smooth, projective surface over , at any large prime of good reduction. The runtime of our algorithm is polynomial in , resolving a conjecture of Couveignes and Edixhoven.
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@article{arxiv.2511.05272,
title = {Counting points on surfaces in polynomial time},
author = {Nitin Saxena and Madhavan Venkatesh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.05272},
year = {2025}
}