English

Non-isomorphic subfields of the BM and GGS maximal function fields

Algebraic Geometry 2025-06-26 v1

Abstract

In 2016 Tafazolian et al. introduced new families of Fq2n\mathbb{F}_{q^{2n}}-maximal function fields Yn,s\mathcal{Y}_{n,s} and Xn,s,a,b\mathcal{X}_{n,s,a,b} arising as subfields of the first generalized GK function field (GGS). In this way the authors found new examples of maximal function fields that are not isomorphic to subfields of the Hermitian function field. In this paper we construct analogous function fields Y~n,s\tilde{\mathcal{Y}}_{n,s} and X~n,s,a,b\tilde{\mathcal{X}}_{n,s,a,b} as subfields of the second generalized GK function field (BM) and determine their automorphism groups. Using that the automorphism group is an invariant under isomorphism, we show that the function fields Y~n,s\tilde{\mathcal{Y}}_{n,s} and Yn,s{\mathcal{Y}}_{n,s}, as well as X~n,s,a,b\tilde{\mathcal{X}}_{n,s,a,b} and Xn,s,a,b\mathcal{X}_{n,s,a,b}, are not isomorphic unless m/sm/s divides q2q+1q^2-q+1 and 33 divides nn. In other words, the difference between the BM and GGS function fields can be found again at the level of the subfields that we consider.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2506.20210,
  title  = {Non-isomorphic subfields of the BM and GGS maximal function fields},
  author = {Peter Beelen and Tobias Drue and Maria Montanucci and Giovanni Zini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.20210},
  year   = {2025}
}
R2 v1 2026-07-01T03:32:39.349Z