Mathematics – Number Theory
Scientific paper
2011-01-25
Mathematics
Number Theory
Minor edits, 37 pages. To appear in Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society
Scientific paper
In 2000, Galbraith and McKee heuristically derived a formula that estimates the probability that a randomly chosen elliptic curve over a fixed finite prime field has a prime number of rational points. We show how their heuristics can be generalized to Jacobians of curves of higher genus. We then elaborate this in genus 2 and study various related issues, such as the probability of cyclicity and the probability of primality of the number of points on the curve itself. Finally, we discuss the asymptotic behavior as the genus tends to infinity.
Castryck Wouter
Folsom Amanda
Hubrechts Hendrik
Sutherland Andrew V.
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