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Lower bound Nmin = 104

Submitted by Everett Howe
Date 06-12-2023
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Let r be an element of GF(27) with r^3 - r + 1 = 0 and let
f := (x^2 + r*x + 2) * (x^2 + r^9*x + r^3) * (x^2 + r^25*x + 2);
g1 := x^4 + r^9*x^3 + r^17*x^2 + r^16*x + r^17;
g2 := x^4 + r^12*x^3 + r^10*x^2 + r*x + r^23;

Then the curve defined by
y^2 = f*g1
z^2 = f*g2

has genus 11 and has 104 points.

This example was found by searching through curves of the given form.
Tags Analysis and enumeration, Towers of curves with many points

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Upper bound Nmax = 133

Submitted by Everett Howe
Date 04-14-2010
Reference E. W. Howe, K. E. Lauter
Improved upper bounds for the number of points on curves over finite fields
Ann. Inst. Fourier (Grenoble) 53 (2003) 1677–1737.
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A real Weil polynomial we can't eliminate: (x + 5) * (x + 10)^10
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