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𝔽p2-maximal curves with many automorphisms are Galois-covered by the Hermitian curve

  • Daniele Bartoli EMAIL logo , Maria Montanucci and Fernando Torres
Published/Copyright: June 28, 2021
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Let 𝔽 be the finite field of order q2. It is sometimes attributed to Serre that any curve 𝔽-covered by the Hermitian curveHq+1:yq+1=xq+x is also 𝔽-maximal. For prime numbers q we show that every 𝔽-maximal curve x of genus g ≥ 2 with | Aut(𝒳) | > 84(g − 1) is Galois-covered by Hq+1. The hypothesis on | Aut(𝒳) | is sharp, since there exists an 𝔽-maximal curve x for q = 71 of genus g = 7 with | Aut(𝒳) | = 84(7 − 1) which is not Galois-covered by the Hermitian curve H72.

Funding statement: The third author would like to thank Università degli Studi di Perugia, for financial support received during his academic visit in January–February 2017; he also was partially suported by CNPq-Brazil (grant 308326/2014-8). This research was partially supported by the Ministry for Education, University and Research of Italy (MIUR), Project PRIN 2012 Geometrie di Galois e strutture di incidenza-Prot.N. 2012XZE22K_005, and by the Italian National Group for Algebraic and Geometric Structures and their Applications (GNSAGA-INdAM).

  1. Communicated by: G. Korchmáros

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Massimo Giulietti for numerous discussions on the topic which led to significant improvements.

Unfortunately, Fernando Torres passed away in May 2020 due to covid-19. He was an inspiring colleague for anyone who knew him. We dedicate this article to the memory of Fernando Torres.

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Received: 2019-01-23
Revised: 2019-11-25
Published Online: 2021-06-28
Published in Print: 2021-07-27

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