On the number of curves of genus 2 over a finite field

In this paper we compute the number of curves of genus 2 defined over a finite field k of odd characteristic up to isomorphisms defined over k; the even characteristic case is treated in an ongoing work (G. Cardona, E. Nart, J. Pujolàs, Curves of genus 2 over field of even characteristic, 2003, submitted for publication). To this end, we first give a parametrization of all points in , the moduli variety that classifies genus 2 curves up to isomorphism, defined over an arbitrary perfect field (of zero or odd characteristic) and corresponding to curves with non-trivial reduced group of automorphisms; we also give an explicit representative defined over that field for each of these points. Then, we use cohomological methods to compute the number of k-isomorphism classes for each point in .     

Non-hyperelliptic modular curves of genus 3

A curve C defined over Q is modular of level N if there exists a non-constant morphism from X₁(N) onto C defined over Q for some positive integer N. We provide a sufficient and necessary condition for the existence of a modular non-hyperelliptic curve C of genus 3 and level N such that Jac C is Q-isogenous to a given three dimensional Q-quotient of J₁(N). Using this criterion, we present an algorithm to compute explicitly equations for modular non-hyperelliptic curves of genus 3. Let C be a modular curve of level N, we say that C is new if the corresponding morphism between J₁(N) and Jac C factors through the new part of J₁(N). We compute equations of 44 non-hyperelliptic new modular curves of genus 3, that we conjecture to be the complete list of this kind of curves. Furthermore, we describe some aspects of non-new modular curves and we present some examples that show the ambiguity of the non-new modular case.     

A Geometric Interpretation and a New Proof of a Relation by Cornalba and Harris

Abstract

In the 1980's Cornalba and Harris discovered a relation among the Hodge class and the boundary classes in the Picard group with rational coefficients of the moduli space of stable, hyperelliptic curves. They proved the relation by computing degrees of the classes involved for suitable one-parameter families. In the present article we show that their relation can be obtained as the class of an appropriate, geometrically meaningful empty set, thus conforming with Faber's general philosophy of finding relations among tautological classes in the Chow ring of the moduli space of curves. The empty set we consider is the closure of the locus of smooth, hyperelliptic curves having a special ramification point.     

Curves on Generic Surfaces of High Degree Through a Complete Intersection in P 3

We consider general surfaces, S, of high degree containing a given complete intersection space curve, Y. We study integral curves in the subgroup of Pic(S) generated by Y and the plane section. We determine the cohomological invariants of these curves and classify the subcanonical ones. Then using these subcanonical curves we produce stable rank two vector bundles on P ³.     

局部形状可调整的三次有理B样条插值曲线

利用三次非均匀有理B样条,给出了一种构造局部插值曲线的方法,生成的插值曲线是C2连续的.曲线表示式中带有一个局部形状参数,随着一个局部形状参数值的增大,所给曲线将局部地接近插值点构成的控制多边形.基于三次非均匀有理B样条函数的局部单调性和一种保单调性的准则,给出了所给插值曲线的保单调性的条件.     

On the Cartan Curvatures of a Null Curve in Minkowski Spacetime

We reconstruct the Cartan frame of a null curve in Minkowski spacetime for an arbitrary parameter, and we characterize pseudo-spherical null curves and Bertrand null curves.Mathematics Subject Classification(2000). 53B30, 53A04.     

Global solution curves for a class of elliptic systems

We study curves of positive solutions for a system of elliptic equations of Hamiltonian type on a unit ball. We give conditions for all positive solutions to lie on global solution curves, allowing us to use the analysis similar to the case of one equation, as developed in P. Korman, Y. Li and T. Ouyang [An exact multiplicity result for a class of semilinear equations, Commun. PDE 22 (1997), pp. 661–684.] (see also T. Ouyang and J. Shi [Exact multiplicity of positive solutions for a class of semilinear problems, II, J. Diff. Eqns. 158(1) (1999), pp. 94–151].). As an application, we obtain some non-degeneracy and uniqueness results. For the one-dimensional case we also prove the positivity for the linearized problem, resulting in more detailed results.     

Linear series on a curve of compact type bridged by a chain of elliptic curves

In the present paper we investigate conditions for the non-existence of a smoothable limit linear series on a curve of compact type such that two smooth curves are bridged by a chain of two elliptic curves. Combining this work with results on the existence of a smoothable limit linear series on such a curve, we show relations among Brill–Noether loci of codimension at most two in the moduli space of complex curves. Specifically, Brill–Noether loci of codimension two have mutually distinct supports.     

Poisson brackets associated to the conformal geometry of curves

In this paper we present an invariant moving frame, in the group theoretical sense, along curves in the Möbius sphere. This moving frame will describe the relationship between all conformal differential invariants for curves that appear in the literature. Using this frame we first show that the Kac-Moody Poisson bracket on can be Poisson reduced to the space of conformal differential invariants of curves. The resulting bracket will be the conformal analogue of the Adler-Gel'fand-Dikii bracket. Secondly, a conformally invariant flow of curves induces naturally an evolution on the differential invariants of the flow. We give the conditions on the invariant flow ensuring that the induced evolution is Hamiltonian with respect to the reduced Poisson bracket. Because of a certain parallelism with the Euclidean case we study what we call Frenet and natural cases. We comment on the implications for completely integrable systems, and describe conformal analogues of the Hasimoto transformation.

     

Zeta function of the projective curveaY 21 =bX 21 +cZ 21 over a class of finite fields, for odd primesl

Letp andl be rational primes such thatl is odd and the order ofp modulol is even. For such primesp andl, and fore = l, 2l, we consider the non-singular projective curvesaY ²¹ =bX ²¹ +cZ ²¹ defined over finite fields F_q such thatq = p ^α? l(mode).We see that the Fermat curves correspond precisely to those curves among each class (fore = l, 2l), that are maximal or minimal over F_q. We observe that each Fermat prime gives rise to explicit maximal and minimal curves over finite fields of characteristic 2. Fore = 2l, we explicitly determine the ζ -function(s) for this class of curves, over F_q, as rational functions in the variablet, for distinct cases ofa, b, andc, in F _q ^* . Theζ-function in each case is seen to satisfy the Weil conjectures (now theorems) for this concrete class of curves. Fore = l, 2l, we determine the class numbers for the function fields associated to each class of curves over F_q. As a consequence, when the field of definition of the curve(s) is fixed, this provides concrete information on the growth of class numbers for constant field extensions of the function field(s) of the curve(s).     

Weierstrass points and their impact in the study of algebraic curves: a historical account from the “Lückensatz” to the 1970s

In this note we give a historical account of the origin and the development of the concept of Weierstrass point. We also explain how Weierstrass points have contributed to the study of compact Riemann surfaces and algebraic curves in the century from Weierstrass’ statement of the gap theorem to the 1970s. In particular, we focus on the seminal work of Hürwitz that raised questions which are at the center of contemporary research on this topic.      

On rational embeddings of curves in the second Garcia–Stichtenoth tower

In 1995, Garcia and Stichtenoth explicitly constructed a tower of projective curves over a finite field with q² elements which reaches the Drinfeld–Vlăduţ bound. These curves are given recursively by covers of Artin–Schreier type where the curve on the nth level of the tower has a natural model in . In this paper, for q an even prime power, we use point projections in order to embed these curves into projective space of the lowest possible dimension.     

A Complete Surface in M6 in characteristic <2

We construct in all characteristics p7lt;2 a complete surface in the moduli space of smooth genus 6 curves. The surface is contained in the locus of curves with automorphisms.     

Zeta-functions of curves of genus 3 over finite fields

In this paper, we determine zeta-functions of some curves of genus 3 over finite fields by gluing three elliptic curves based on Xing＇s research, and the examples show that there exists a maximal curve of genus 3 over F49.     

The group of Weierstrass points of a plane quartic with at least eight hyperflexes

The group generated by the Weierstrass points of a smooth curve in its Jacobian is an intrinsic invariant of the curve. We determine this group for all smooth quartics with eight hyperflexes or more. Since Weierstrass points are closely related to moduli spaces of curves, as an application, we get bounds on both the rank and the torsion part of this group for a generic quartic having a fixed number of hyperflexes in the moduli space of curves of genus 3.

     

Square-tiled surfaces and rigid curves on moduli spaces

We study the algebro-geometric aspects of Teichmüller curves parameterizing square-tiled surfaces with two applications.(a) There exist infinitely many rigid curves on the moduli space of hyperelliptic curves. They span the same extremal ray of the cone of moving curves. Their union is a Zariski dense subset. Hence they yield infinitely many rigid curves with the same properties on the moduli space of stable n-pointed rational curves for even n.(b) The limit of slopes of Teichmüller curves and the sum of Lyapunov exponents for the Teichmüller geodesic flow determine each other, which yields information about the cone of effective divisors on the moduli space of curves.     

Hilbert Schemes of Degree Four Curves

In this paper we determine the irreducible components of the Hilbert schemes H _4,g of locally Cohen-Macaulay space curves of degree four and arbitrary arithmetic genus g: there are roughly (g ²/24) of them, most of which are families of multiplicity structures on lines. We give deformations which show that these Hilbert schemes are connected. For g–3 we exhibit a component that is disjoint from the component of extremal curves and use this to give a counterexample to a conjecture of Aït-Amrane and Perrin.     

Cycles of covers

We initially consider an example of Flynn and Redmond, which gives an infinite family of curves to which Chabauty’s Theorem is not applicable, and which even resist solution by one application of a certain bielliptic covering technique. In this article, we shall consider a general context, of which this family is a special case, and in this general situation we shall prove that repeated application of bielliptic covers always results in a sequence of genus 2 curves which cycle after a finite number of repetitions. We shall also give an example which is resistant to repeated applications of the technique. E. V. Flynn thanks the International Center for Transdisciplinary Studies at Jacobs University Bremen for its hospitality during July 2007, and thanks EPSRC for support: grant number EP/F060661/1.     

The birational type of the moduli space of even spin curves

We determine the Kodaira dimension of the moduli space Sg of even spin curves for all g. Precisely, we show that Sg is of general type for g>8 and has negative Kodaira dimension for g<8.