Gonality of modular curves in characteristic p

Details Gonality of modular curves in characteristic p Gonality of modular curves in characteristic p

2006-01-07

arxiv.org/abs/math/0601141v2

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Algebraic Geometry

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Let k be an algebraically closed field of characteristic p. Let X(p^e;N) be the curve parameterizing elliptic curves with full level N structure (where p does not divide N) and full level p^e Igusa structure. By modular curve, we mean a quotient of any X(p^e;N) by any subgroup of ((Z/p^e Z)^* x \SL_2(Z/NZ))/{+-1}. We prove that in any sequence of distinct modular curves over k, the k-gonality tends to infinity. This extends earlier work, in which the result was proved for particular sequences of modular curves, such as X_0(N) for p not dividing N. We give an application to the function field analogue of a uniform boundedness statement for the image of Galois on torsion of elliptic curves.

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