Asymptotics for the genus and the number of rational places in towers of function fields over a finite field (Q2566175)

The authors constructed explicit towers \(\mathcal F: F_1\subseteq F_2\subseteq\dots\) of algebraic function fields over the finite field \({\mathbb F}_{q^2}\) such that \(\lambda (\mathcal F):=\lim_{n\to \infty}N(F_n)/g(F_n)=q-1\); see e.g. [Invent. Math. 121, 211--222 (1995; Zbl 0822.11078)] and [J. Number Theory 61, 248--273 (1996; Zbl 0893.11047)]. The methods that have been used to worked out the aforementioned constructions are illustrated with specific examples; the case of towers over \(q\) are also discussed.