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Non-hyperelliptic modular curves of genus 3

Number Theory 2026-02-20 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

A curve CC defined over Q\mathbb Q is modular of level NN if there exists a non-constant morphism from X1(N)X_1(N) onto CC defined over Q\mathbb Q for some positive integer NN. We provide a sufficient and necessary condition for the existence of a modular non-hyperelliptic curve CC of genus 33 and level NN such that Jac(C)\mathrm{Jac}{(C)} is Q\mathbb Q-isogenous to a given three dimensional Q\mathbb Q-quotient of J1(N)J_1 (N). Using this criterion, we present an algorithm to compute explicitly equations for modular non-hyperelliptic curves of genus 33. Let CC be a modular curve of level NN, we say that CC is new if the corresponding morphism between J1(N)J_1(N) and Jac(C)\mathrm{Jac}{(C)} factors through the new part of J1(N)J_1(N).

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@article{arxiv.2602.17167,
  title  = {Non-hyperelliptic modular curves of genus 3},
  author = {Enrique González-Jiménez and Roger Oyono},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.17167},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

Typos in the labels of the curves in lines 31, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42, and 43 of Table 1 have been fixed. The equation in line 41 has also been corrected, with respect to the published version