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On Weierstrass semigroups of maximal Fermat function fields

Algebraic Geometry 2026-03-02 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

In this article we explicitly determine the Weierstrass semigroup at any place of some Fq2\mathbb{F}_{q^2}-maximal Fermat function fields Fm\mathcal{F}_m, namely for m=(q+1)/2m=(q+1)/2 and m=(q+1)/3m=(q+1)/3. These famous function fields arise as Galois subfields of the Hermitian function field, and even though they have been intensively studied in the literature, the Weierstrass semigroup at every place is still not fully known. Surprisingly enough this problem is in fact quite involved and Fm\mathcal{F}_m has many different types of Weierstrass semigroups. Moreover, its set of Weierstrass places is much richer than its set of rational places.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2602.24015,
  title  = {On Weierstrass semigroups of maximal Fermat function fields},
  author = {Peter Beelen and Maria Montanucci and Marie Frank vom Braucke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.24015},
  year   = {2026}
}
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