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Non hyperelliptic curves of genus three over finite fields of characteristic two

Number Theory 2007-05-23 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let k=F_q be a finite field of even characteristic. We obtain in this paper a complete classification, up to k-isomorphism, of non singular quartic plane curves defined over k. We find explicit rational normal models and we give closed formulas for the total number of k-isomorphism classes. We deduce from these computations the number of k-rational points of the different strata by the Newton polygon of the non hyperelliptic locus M_3^{nh} of the moduli space M_3 of curves of genus 3. By adding to these computations the knowed results on the hyperelliptic locus we obtain a complete picture of these strata for M_3.

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@article{arxiv.math/0312366,
  title  = {Non hyperelliptic curves of genus three over finite fields of characteristic two},
  author = {Enric Nart and Christophe Ritzenthaler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0312366},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

31 pages ; added references ; the analysis of the supersingular locus has been modified