A bound for the number of points of space curves over finite fields

Abstract: For a non-degenerate irreducible curve

C

of degree

d

in

m a t h b b P^{3}

over

m a t h b b F_{q}

, we prove that the number

N_{q} (C)

of

m a t h b b F_{q}

-rational points of

C

satisfies the inequality

N_{q} (C) l e q (d - 2) q + 1

. Our result improves the previous bound

N_{q} (C) l e q (d - 1) q + 1

obtained by Homma in 2012 and leads to a natural conjecture generalizing Sziklai's bound for the number of points of plane curves over finite fields.

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