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Number of Points on the Full Moduli Space of Curves over Finite Fields

Number Theory 2016-12-14 v1

Abstract

The distribution of the number of points on abelian covers of P1(Fq)\mathbb{P}1(\mathbb{F}_q) ranging over an irreducible moduli space has been answered in recent work by the author. Bucur, et al. determined the distribution over the whole moduli space for curves with Gal(K(C)/K)(K(C)/K) a prime cyclic. In this paper, we prove a result towards determining the distribution over the whole moduli space of curves with Gal(K(C)/K)(K(C)/K) any abelian group. We successfully determine the distribution in the case Gal(K(C)/K)(K(C)/K) is a power of a prime cyclic.

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@article{arxiv.1612.04137,
  title  = {Number of Points on the Full Moduli Space of Curves over Finite Fields},
  author = {Patrick Meisner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.04137},
  year   = {2016}
}

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24 pages