Counting hyperelliptic curves

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2009.01.001MaRDI QIDQ1018415zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Enric Nart

Publication date 19 May 2009

Published in Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0703549

zbMATH Keywords

finite fieldhyperelliptic curveself-dual curve

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Curves over finite and local fields (11G20) Arithmetic ground fields for curves (14H25)

Abstract: We find a closed formula for the number $operatornamehyp(g)$ of hyperelliptic curves of genus $g$ over a finite field $k=mathbb{F}_q$ of odd characteristic. These numbers $operatornamehyp(g)$ are expressed as a polynomial in $q$ with integer coefficients that depend on the set of divisors of $q-1$ and $q+1$. As a by-product we obtain a closed formula for the number of self-dual curves of genus $g$. A hyperelliptic curve is self-dual if it is $k$-isomorphic to its own hyperelliptic twist.

Review text

Let \(k\) be the finite field of odd order \(q\). In this paper a closed formula for the cardinality of the set \(\text{Hyp}(g)\) of \(k\)-isomorphism classes of hyperelliptic curves over \(k\) of genus \(g\) is found. The formula is expressed as a polynomial in \(q\) with integers coefficients that depend on \(g\) and the divisors of \(q-1\) and \(q+1\), and indeed it is asymptotically \(2q^{2g-1}\) being \(q^{2g-1}\) the number of \(k\)-rational points of \(\text{Hyp}(g)\). In addition, a closed formula for the number of self-dual curves of genus \(g\) is obtained. A hyperelliptic curve over \(k\) is called self-dual if it is \(k\)-isomorphic to its own hyperelliptic twist.

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