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Transverse lines to surfaces over finite fields

Algebraic Geometry 2021-07-14 v3

Abstract

We prove that if SS is a smooth reflexive surface in P3\mathbb{P}^3 defined over a finite field Fq\mathbb{F}_q, then there exists an Fq\mathbb{F}_q-line meeting SS transversely provided that qcdeg(S)q\geq c\operatorname{deg}(S), where c=3+1741.7808c=\frac{3+\sqrt{17}}{4}\approx 1.7808. Without the reflexivity hypothesis, we prove the existence of a transverse Fq\mathbb{F}_q-line for qdeg(S)2q\geq \operatorname{deg}(S)^2.

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@article{arxiv.1903.08845,
  title  = {Transverse lines to surfaces over finite fields},
  author = {Shamil Asgarli and Lian Duan and Kuan-Wen Lai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.08845},
  year   = {2021}
}

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24 pages, final version

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