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On the proportion of transverse-free plane curves

Algebraic Geometry 2020-09-29 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

We study the asymptotic proportion of smooth plane curves over a finite field Fq\mathbb{F}_q which are tangent to every line defined over Fq\mathbb{F}_q. This partially answers a question raised by Charles Favre. Our techniques include applications of Poonen's Bertini theorem and Schrijver's theorem on perfect matchings in regular bipartite graphs. Our main theorem implies that a random smooth plane curve over Fq\mathbb{F}_q admits a transverse Fq\mathbb{F}_q-line with very high probability.

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@article{arxiv.2009.13421,
  title  = {On the proportion of transverse-free plane curves},
  author = {Shamil Asgarli and Brian Freidin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.13421},
  year   = {2020}
}

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