Morphisms on the modular curve $X_0(p)$ and degree $6$ points
Algebraic Geometry
2026-02-12 v2 Number Theory
Abstract
Let be a prime. We study non-constant morphisms , where is a curve of genus . We prove that for such an of degree must be isomorphic to the quotient map . Supported by computational and theoretical evidence, we also conjecture that this is true for all primes . These results allow us to classify all points of degree on that come from a map to some curve of genus . As an application, we were able to determine all curves with infinitely many points of degree over except for , continuing the previous results on small degree points on .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2506.21166,
title = {Morphisms on the modular curve $X_0(p)$ and degree $6$ points},
author = {Maarten Derickx and Petar Orlić},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.21166},
year = {2026}
}