On the symmetric determinantal representations of the Fermat curves of prime degree

DOI10.1142/S1793042116500597zbMATH Open1415.11062arXiv1412.8345MaRDI QIDQ2805964FDOQ2805964

Authors: Yasuhiro Ishitsuka, Tetsushi Ito 

Publication date: 13 May 2016

Published in: International Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that the defining equations of the Fermat curves of prime degree cannot be written as the determinant of symmetric matrices with entries in linear forms in three variables with rational coefficients. In the proof, we use a relation between symmetric matrices with entries in linear forms and non-effective theta characteristics on smooth plane curves. We also use some results of Gross-Rohrlich on the rational torsion points on the Jacobian varieties of the Fermat curves of prime degree.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.8345

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zbMATH Keywords

plane curvedeterminantal representationFermat curvestheta characteristic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Higher degree equations; Fermat's equation (11D41) Special algebraic curves and curves of low genus (14H45)

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