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On the existence of a morphism between certain Artin-Schreier curves

Algebraic Geometry 2026-02-18 v1

Abstract

It is well known that, given two curves X:yp+cy=xm\mathcal{X}: y^p+cy=x^m and Y:yp+cy=xn\mathcal{Y}:y^p+cy=x^n, defined over \Fp\F_p, if nn divides mm then there exists a nonconstant morphism XY\mathcal{X} \longrightarrow \mathcal{Y}. In this paper we are interested in studying whether the converse of this statement is true, i.e., if there exists a morphism XY\mathcal{X} \longrightarrow\mathcal{Y} then must it be true that nn divides mm? In particular, we consider the case when m=pk+1m=p^{k}+1 and n=p+1n=p^\ell+1. We prove that the converse is true under certain hypotheses. We deal with both the cases of Galois morphisms and non-Galois morphisms.

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@article{arxiv.2602.15717,
  title  = {On the existence of a morphism between certain Artin-Schreier curves},
  author = {Beatriz Barbero Lucas and Stefano Lia and Gary McGuire},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.15717},
  year   = {2026}
}