manYPoints – Table of Curves with Many Points
Entry details for q =
2
6
= 64
, g =
5
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Lower bound
N
min
= 140
Earlier entry
Submitted by
Everett Howe
Date
05-21-2010
Reference
Everett W. Howe, Kristin E. Lauter
New methods for bounding the number of points on curves over finite fields
Geometry and Arithmetic (C. Faber, G. Farkas, and R. de Jong, eds.), European Mathematical Society, 2012, pp. 173–212
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Let s be an element of F_8 such that s^3 + s + 1 = 0. Let D be the plane quartic defined by
(s*x^2 + s*y^2 + s^3*z^2 + s^3*x*y + s^3*y*z + s^3*x*z)^2 + x*y*z*(x + y + z) = 0,
and let C be the double cover of D defined by
w^2 + w*z = s*x*z + s^2*y*z.
Then the real Weil polynomial of C over F_8 is (t + 1)^5, and C has 140 points over F_64.
The Magma routines in the file IsogenyClasses.magma (available at the URL above) show that there are no genus-5 curves over F_64 that have 141, 142, 143, or 144 points. Thus, N_64(5) is equal to either 140 or 145.
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Upper bound
N
max
= 145
Earlier entry
Submitted by
Everett Howe
Date
04-14-2010
Reference
Jean-Pierre Serre
Sur le nombre de points rationnels d'une courbe algébrique sur un corps fini
C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Sér. I Math. 296 (1983), 397–402. (= Œuvres III, No. 128, 658–663).
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The Hasse-Weil-Serre bound
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Hasse-Weil-Serre bound
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