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Torsion points of small order on hyperelliptic curves

Algebraic Geometry 2021-07-07 v3 Complex Variables Number Theory

Abstract

Let CC be a hyperelliptic curve of genus g>1g>1 over an algebraically closed field KK of characteristic zero and OO one of the (2g+2)(2g+2) Weierstrass points in C(K)C(K). Let JJ be the jacobian of CC, which is a gg-dimensional abelian variety over KK. Let us consider the canonical embedding of CC into JJ that sends OO to the zero of the group law on JJ. This embedding allows us to identify C(K)C(K) with a certain subset of the commutative group J(K)J(K). A special case of the famous theorem of Raynaud (Manin--Mumford conjecture) asserts that the set of torsion points in C(K)C(K) is finite. It is well known that the points of order 2 in C(K)C(K) are exactly the "remaining" (2g+1)(2g+1) Weierstrass points. One of the authors proved that there are no torsion points of order nn in C(K)C(K) if 3n2g3\le n\le 2g. So, it is natural to study torsion points of order 2g+12g+1 (notice that the number of such points in C(K)C(K) is always even). Recently, the authors proved that there are infinitely many (for a given gg) mutually nonisomorphic pairs C,O)C,O) such that C(K)C(K) contains at least four points of order 2g+12g+1. In the present paper we prove that (for a given gg) there are at most finitely many (up to a isomorphism) pairs (C,O)(C,O) such that C(K)C(K) contains at least six points of order 2g+12g+1.

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@article{arxiv.2101.03114,
  title  = {Torsion points of small order on hyperelliptic curves},
  author = {Boris M. Bekker and Yuri G. Zarhin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.03114},
  year   = {2021}
}

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