Torsion points of small order on hyperelliptic curves

DOI10.1007/S40879-021-00519-ZzbMATH Open1498.14082arXiv2101.03114OpenAlexW4210444051MaRDI QIDQ2147389FDOQ2147389

Authors: Yu. G. Zarhin, Boris M. Bekker 

Publication date: 20 June 2022

Published in: European Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $C$ be a hyperelliptic curve of genus $g>1$ over an algebraically closed field $K$ of characteristic zero and $O$ one of the $(2g+2)$ Weierstrass points in $C(K)$. Let $J$ be the jacobian of $C$, which is a $g$-dimensional abelian variety over $K$. Let us consider the canonical embedding of $C$ into $J$ that sends $O$ to the zero of the group law on $J$. This embedding allows us to identify $C(K)$ with a certain subset of the commutative group $J(K)$. A special case of the famous theorem of Raynaud (Manin--Mumford conjecture) asserts that the set of torsion points in $C(K)$ is finite. It is well known that the points of order 2 in $C(K)$ are exactly the "remaining" $(2g+1)$ Weierstrass points. One of the authors proved that there are no torsion points of order $n$ in $C(K)$ if $3lenle2g$. So, it is natural to study torsion points of order $2g+1$ (notice that the number of such points in $C(K)$ is always even). Recently, the authors proved that there are infinitely many (for a given $g$) mutually nonisomorphic pairs $C,O)$ such that $C(K)$ contains at least four points of order $2g+1$. In the present paper we prove that (for a given $g$) there are at most finitely many (up to a isomorphism) pairs $(C,O)$ such that $C(K)$ contains at least six points of order $2g+1$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.03114

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zbMATH Keywords

hyperelliptic curvesJacobianstorsion points

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abelian varieties of dimension (> 1) (11G10) [https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/w/index.php?search=%2211G30%22&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&ns120=1 Curves of arbitrary genus or genus ( e 1) over global fields (11G30)] Jacobians, Prym varieties (14H40) Other nonalgebraically closed ground fields in algebraic geometry (14G27)

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• 5-TORSION POINTS ON CURVES OF GENUS 2
• On the maximal order of a torsion point on a curve in \(\mathbb{G}^n_m\)
• On hyperelliptic curves of odd degree and genus \(g\) with six torsion points of order \(2g + 1\)
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