a-numbers of curves in Artin-Schreier covers

DOI10.2140/ANT.2020.14.593MaRDI QIDQ2190844zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jeremy Booher, Bryden Cais

Publication date 23 June 2020

Published in Algebra \& Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.10313

zbMATH Keywords

\(a\)-numbersarithmetic geometryArtin-Schreier coverscovers of curvesinvariants of curves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Curves over finite and local fields (11G20) Positive characteristic ground fields in algebraic geometry (14G17) Coverings of curves, fundamental group (14H30) Jacobians, Prym varieties (14H40)

Abstract: Let $pi:YoX$ be a branched $mathbfZ/pmathbfZ$-cover of smooth, projective, geometrically connected curves over a perfect field of characteristic $p>0$. We investigate the relationship between the $a$-numbers of $Y$ and $X$ and the ramification of the map $pi$. This is analogous to the relationship between the genus (respectively $p$-rank) of $Y$ and $X$ given the Riemann-Hurwitz (respectively Deuring--Shafarevich) formula. Except in special situations, the $a$-number of $Y$ is not determined by the $a$-number of $X$ and the ramification of the cover, so we instead give bounds on the $a$-number of $Y$. We provide examples showing our bounds are sharp. The bounds come from a detailed analysis of the kernel of the Cartier operator.

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