Plane-filling curves of small degree over finite fields

Abstract: A plane curve

C

in

m a t h b b P^{2}

defined over

m a t h b b F_{q}

is called plane-filling if

C

contains every

m a t h b b F_{q}

-point of

m a t h b b P^{2}

. Homma and Kim, building on the work of Tallini, proved that the minimum degree of a smooth plane-filling curve is

q + 2

. We study smooth plane-filling curves of degree

q + 3

and higher.

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