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 and , defined over , if divides then there exists a nonconstant morphism . In this paper we are interested in studying whether the converse of this statement is true, i.e., if there exists a morphism then must it be true that divides ? In particular, we consider the case when and . We prove that the converse is true under certain hypotheses. We deal with both the cases of Galois morphisms and non-Galois morphisms.
Cite
@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}
}