Fluctuations in the number of points on smooth plane curves over finite fields

DOI10.1016/J.JNT.2010.05.009zbMATH Open1210.11070arXiv0912.4761OpenAlexW1997446756MaRDI QIDQ710489FDOQ710489

Brooke Feigon, Alina Bucur, Matilde Lalín, Chantal David

Publication date: 19 October 2010

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

Abstract: In this note, we study the fluctuations in the number of points of smooth projective plane curves over finite fields $mathbb{F}_q$ as $q$ is fixed and the genus varies. More precisely, we show that these fluctuations are predicted by a natural probabilistic model, in which the points of the projective plane impose independent conditions on the curve. The main tool we use is a geometric sieving process introduced by Poonen.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.4761

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zbMATH Keywords

plane curvesfinite fieldsnumber of points

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Curves over finite and local fields (11G20) Probabilistic theory: distribution modulo (1); metric theory of algorithms (11K99)

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