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

Bucur, Alina, David, Chantal, Feigon, Brooke and Lalín, Matilde (2010) Fluctuations in the number of points on smooth plane curves over finite fields. Journal of Number Theory, 130 (11). pp. 2528-2541.

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Abstract

In this note, we study the fluctuations in the number of points on smooth projective plane curves over a finite field 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 (2004)

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Mathematics
Depositing User:	Vishal Gautam
Date Deposited:	18 Mar 2011 14:52
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2022 01:10
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/18584
DOI:	10.1016/j.jnt.2010.05.009

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