An F_p^2 -maximal Wiman sextic and its automorphisms

Abstract: In 1895 Wiman introduced a Riemann surface

m a t h c a l W

of genus

6

over the complex field

m a t h b b C

defined by the homogeneous equation

m a t h c a l W : X^{6} + Y^{6} + Z^{6} + (X^{2} + Y^{2} + Z^{2}) (X^{4} + Y^{4} + Z^{4}) - 12 X^{2} Y^{2} Z^{2} = 0

, and showed that its full automorphism group is isomorphic to the symmetric group

S_{5}

. The curve

m a t h c a l W

was previously studied as a curve defined over a finite field

m a t h b b F_{p^{2}}

where

p

is a prime, and necessary and sufficient conditions for its maximality over

m a t h b b F_{p^{2}}

were obtained. In this paper we first show that the result of Wiman concerning the automorphism group of

m a t h c a l W

holds also over an algebraically closed field

m a t h b b K

of positive characteristic

p

, provided that

p g e q 7

. For

p = 2, 3

the polynomial

X^{6} + Y^{6} + Z^{6} + (X^{2} + Y^{2} + Z^{2}) (X^{4} + Y^{4} + Z^{4}) - 12 X^{2} Y^{2} Z^{2}

is not irreducible over

m a t h b b K

, while for

p = 5

the curve

m a t h c a l W

is rational and

A u t (m a t h c a l W) c o n g P G L (2, m a t h b b K)

. We also show that the

m a t h b b F_{1 9^{2}}

-maximal Wiman's sextic

m a t h c a l W

is not Galois covered by the Hermitian curve

m a t h c a l H_{19}

over

m a t h b b F_{1 9^{2}}

.

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