Optimal plane curves of degree q - 1 over a finite field

DOI10.1016/J.FFA.2023.102258arXiv2211.14288MaRDI QIDQ6136704FDOQ6136704

Authors: Walteir de Paula Ferreira, Pietro Speziali 

Publication date: 31 August 2023

Published in: Finite Fields and their Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $qgeq5$ be a prime power. In this note, we prove that if a plane curve $mathcalX$ of degree $q-1$ defined over $mathbb{F}_q$ without $mathbb{F}_q$-linear components attains the Sziklai upper bound $(d-1)q+1=(q-1{)}^2$ for the number of its $mathbb{F}_q$-rational points, then $mathcalX$ is projectively equivalent over $mathbb{F}_q$ to the curve $$ for some $$ such that $$. This completes the classification of curves that are extremal with respect to the Sziklai bound. Also, since the Sziklai bound is equal to the St"ohr-Voloch's bound for plane curves of degree $q-1$, our main result classifies the $mathbb{F}_q$-Frobenius classical extremal plane curves of degree $q-1$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.14288

zbMATH Keywords

rational pointsalgebraic curvesarcsoptimal curvesSziklai bound

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic functions and function fields in algebraic geometry (14H05) Automorphisms of curves (14H37)

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