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Linear system of geometrically irreducible plane cubics over finite fields

Algebraic Geometry 2024-12-23 v2

Abstract

We examine the maximum dimension of a linear system of plane cubic curves whose Fq\mathbb{F}_q-members are all geometrically irreducible. Computational evidence suggests that such a system has a maximum (projective) dimension of 33. As a step towards the conjecture, we prove that there exists a 33-dimensional linear system L\mathcal{L} with at most one geometrically reducible Fq\mathbb{F}_q-member.

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@article{arxiv.2407.18104,
  title  = {Linear system of geometrically irreducible plane cubics over finite fields},
  author = {Shamil Asgarli and Dragos Ghioca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.18104},
  year   = {2024}
}

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