Hyperelliptic Curves with Prescribed $p$-Torsion

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2004-01-02

arxiv.org/abs/math/0401008v2

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Number Theory

v2: Strengthened and generalized results, including new results about p-rank. Fixed problems with proofs. Fixed typos

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In this paper, we show that there exist families of curves (defined over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p >2$) whose Jacobians have interesting $p$-torsion. For example, for every $0 \leq f \leq g$, we find the dimension of the locus of hyperelliptic curves of genus $g$ with $p$-rank at most $f$. We also produce families of curves so that the $p$-torsion of the Jacobian of each fibre contains multiple copies of the group scheme $\alpha_p$. The method is to study curves which admit an action by $(\ZZ/2)^n$ so that the quotient is a projective line. As a result, some of these families intersect the hyperelliptic locus $\CH_g$.

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