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We develop algorithms to compute two versions of the motivic Hilbert zeta function for curve singularities: the classical version, applicable to singularities with a monomial valuation semigroup or to singular curves defined by…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-28 Yizi Chen , Hussein Mourtada , Wenhao Zhu

We introduce a common generalization of essentially all known methods for explicit computation of Selmer groups, which are used to bound the ranks of abelian varieties over global fields. We also simplify and extend the proofs relating what…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-08-03 Nils Bruin , Bjorn Poonen , Michael Stoll

We study abelian varieties defined over function fields of curves in positive characteristic $p$, focusing on their arithmetic within the system of Artin-Schreier extensions. First, we prove that the $L$-function of such an abelian variety…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-01-06 Rachel Pries , Douglas Ulmer

We study the Selmer variety associated to a canonical quotient of the $\Q_p$-pro-unipotent fundamental group of a smooth projective curve of genus at least two defined over $\Q$ whose Jacobian decomposes into a product of abelian varieties…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-01-14 John Coates , Minhyong Kim

In this paper, we are going to compute the average size of 2-Selmer groups of two families of hyperelliptic curves with marked points over function fields. The result will be obtained by a geometric method which could be considered as a…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2018-11-27 Dao Van Thinh

We describe an algorithm to compute the zeta-function of a proper, smooth curve over a finite field, when the curve is given together with some auxiliary data. Our method is based on computing the matrix of the action of a semi-linear…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2013-06-24 Amnon Besser , François-Renaud Escriva , Rob de Jeu

Let $p$ be an odd prime number. Let $K$ be the $p$-th cyclotomic field and $F$ its maximal real subfield. We give general formulae of the root numbers of the Jacobian varieties of the Fermat curves $X^p+Y^p=\delta$ where $\delta$ is an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-11-30 Jie Shu

Given a principally polarized abelian variety $A$ of dimension $g$ over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p$, the $p$ torsion $A[p]$ is a finite flat $p$-torsion group scheme of rank $p^{2g}$. There are exactly $2^g$…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2017-12-14 Sanath Devalapurkar , John Halliday

In this paper, we study the algebraic rank and the analytic rank of the Jacobian of hyperelliptic curves $y^2 = x^5 + m^2$ for integers $m$. Namely, we first provide a condition on $m$ that gives a bound of the size of Selmer group and then…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-06-28 Keunyoung Jeong , Junyeong Park , Donggeon Yhee

In this short note, we present a trick to ensure that the Jacobian of a given smooth curve over a number field has strictly positive Mordell-Weil rank. More explicitly, we prove that a smooth curve with no rational non-trivial 2-torsion and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Thibaut Misme

We use methods for computing Picard numbers of reductions of K3 surfaces in order to study the decomposability of Jacobians over number fields and the variance of Mordell-Weil ranks of families of Jacobians over different ground fields. For…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2018-01-23 Soohyun Park

We develop geometry-of-numbers methods to count orbits in coregular vector spaces having bounded invariants over any global field. We apply these techniques to bound the average ranks and determine average Selmer group sizes of elliptic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Manjul Bhargava , Arul Shankar , Xiaoheng Wang

We present a quasi-linear algorithm to compute isogenies between Jacobians of curves of genus 2 and 3 starting from the equation of the curve and a maximal isotropic subgroup of the l-torsion, for l an odd prime number, generalizing the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-08-27 Enea Milio

In this work we study quantitative existence results for genus-$2$ curves over $\mathbb{Q}$ whose Jacobians have Mordell-Weil rank at least $1$ or $2$, ordering the curves by the naive height of their integral Weierstrass models. We use…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Razvan Barbulescu , Mugurel Barcau , Vicentiu Pasol , George C. Turcas

In this paper, we are concerned with the computation of the $p$-rank and $a$-number of singular curves and their smooth model. We consider a pair $X, X'$ of proper curves over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p$, where…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-01-22 Sadık Terzi

We study the problem of efficiently constructing a curve C of genus 2 over a finite field F for which either the curve C itself or its Jacobian has a prescribed number N of F-rational points. In the case of the Jacobian, we show that any…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Reinier Bröker , Everett W. Howe , Kristin E. Lauter , Peter Stevenhagen

This article concerns the computational complexity of a fundamental problem in number theory: counting points on curves and surfaces over finite fields. There is no subexponential-time algorithm known and it is unclear if it can be…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-11-05 Diptajit Roy , Nitin Saxena , Madhavan Venkatesh

We study the family of algebraic curves of genus $\geq 1$ defined by the affine equations $y^s=ax^r+b$ over a number field $k$, where $r \geq 2$ and $s\geq 2$ are fixed integers. Assuming the strong version of Lang's conjecture on varieties…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-03 Sajad Salami

Given a curve defined over an algebraically closed field which is complete with respect to a nontrivial valuation, we study its tropical Jacobian. This is done by first tropicalizing the curve, and then computing the Jacobian of the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2017-01-13 Barbara Bolognese , Madeline Brandt , Lynn Chua

Let C be an arbitrary smooth algebraic curve of genus g over a large finite field K. We revisit fast addition algorithms in the Jacobian of C due to Khuri-Makdisi (math.NT/0409209, to appear in Math. Comp.). The algorithms, which reduce to…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-08-23 Fatima K. Abu Salem , Kamal Khuri-Makdisi