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Rationality of intersection points of a line and a quartic
Christophe Ritzenthaler
Joint work with Roger Oyono
Institut de Mathématiques de Luminy, CNRS
Istanbul, 27-30 June 2010
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
1 / 12
Initial problem
How to add points on the Jacobian of non-hyperelliptic genus 3 curves C /k
?
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
2 / 12
Initial problem
How to add points on the Jacobian of non-hyperelliptic genus 3 curves C /k
?
This problem was addressed and solved geometrically in Flon-Oyono-R. 08.
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
2 / 12
Initial problem
How to add points on the Jacobian of non-hyperelliptic genus 3 curves C /k
?
This problem was addressed and solved geometrically in Flon-Oyono-R. 08.
Summary:
non-hyperelliptic genus 3 curves = smooth plane quartics.
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
2 / 12
Initial problem
How to add points on the Jacobian of non-hyperelliptic genus 3 curves C /k
?
This problem was addressed and solved geometrically in Flon-Oyono-R. 08.
Summary:
non-hyperelliptic genus 3 curves = smooth plane quartics.
points on the Jacobian are represented by the sum D of 3 points on
the curve C .
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
2 / 12
Initial problem
How to add points on the Jacobian of non-hyperelliptic genus 3 curves C /k
?
This problem was addressed and solved geometrically in Flon-Oyono-R. 08.
Summary:
non-hyperelliptic genus 3 curves = smooth plane quartics.
points on the Jacobian are represented by the sum D of 3 points on
the curve C .
Choice of a good divisor at infinity
condition (∗):
There is a rational line `∞ which crosses the quartic C in four
k-points P1∞ , P2∞ , P3∞ , P4∞ .
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
2 / 12
A geometric addition algorithm
Aim: given D1 , D2 find D + such that D + + D ∞ ∼ D1 + D2 .
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
3 / 12
A geometric addition algorithm
Aim: given D1 , D2 find D + such that D + + D ∞ ∼ D1 + D2 .
1
Take a cubic E which goes (with multiplicity) through the support of
D1 , D2 and P1∞ , P2∞ , P4∞ . This cubic also crosses C in the residual
effective divisor D3 .
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
3 / 12
A geometric addition algorithm
Aim: given D1 , D2 find D + such that D + + D ∞ ∼ D1 + D2 .
1
2
Take a cubic E which goes (with multiplicity) through the support of
D1 , D2 and P1∞ , P2∞ , P4∞ . This cubic also crosses C in the residual
effective divisor D3 .
Take a conic Q which goes through the support of D3 and P1∞ , P2∞ .
This conic also crosses C in the residual effective divisor D + .
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
3 / 12
A geometric addition algorithm
Aim: given D1 , D2 find D + such that D + + D ∞ ∼ D1 + D2 .
1
2
Take a cubic E which goes (with multiplicity) through the support of
D1 , D2 and P1∞ , P2∞ , P4∞ . This cubic also crosses C in the residual
effective divisor D3 .
Take a conic Q which goes through the support of D3 and P1∞ , P2∞ .
This conic also crosses C in the residual effective divisor D + .
Why ? Because (`∞ · C ) ∼ κ, (Q · C ) ∼ 2κ and (E · C ) ∼ 3κ where κ is
the canonical divisor on C .
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
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points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
3 / 12
A chord construction
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
4 / 12
Special forms of the curve
C admits an equation of the form
C : y 3 + h1 (x)y 2 + h2 (x)y = f4 (x),
deg(f4 ) ≤ 4,
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
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points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
5 / 12
Special forms of the curve
C admits an equation of the form
C : y 3 + h1 (x)y 2 + h2 (x)y = f4 (x),
1
deg(f4 ) ≤ 4,
deg(h1 ) ≤ 2 and deg(h2 ) ≤ 3 if P1∞ = P2∞ (tangent case);
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
5 / 12
Special forms of the curve
C admits an equation of the form
C : y 3 + h1 (x)y 2 + h2 (x)y = f4 (x),
deg(f4 ) ≤ 4,
1
deg(h1 ) ≤ 2 and deg(h2 ) ≤ 3 if P1∞ = P2∞ (tangent case);
2
deg(h1 ) ≤ 1 and deg(h2 ) ≤ 3 if P1∞ = P2∞ = P4∞ (flex case).
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
5 / 12
Special forms of the curve
C admits an equation of the form
C : y 3 + h1 (x)y 2 + h2 (x)y = f4 (x),
deg(f4 ) ≤ 4,
1
deg(h1 ) ≤ 2 and deg(h2 ) ≤ 3 if P1∞ = P2∞ (tangent case);
2
deg(h1 ) ≤ 1 and deg(h2 ) ≤ 3 if P1∞ = P2∞ = P4∞ (flex case).
3
deg(h1 ) ≤ 1 and deg(h2 ) ≤ 2 if P1∞ = P2∞ = P3∞ = P4∞ (hyperflex
case). These curves are the C3,4 -curves.
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
5 / 12
Special forms of the curve
C admits an equation of the form
C : y 3 + h1 (x)y 2 + h2 (x)y = f4 (x),
deg(f4 ) ≤ 4,
1
deg(h1 ) ≤ 2 and deg(h2 ) ≤ 3 if P1∞ = P2∞ (tangent case);
2
deg(h1 ) ≤ 1 and deg(h2 ) ≤ 3 if P1∞ = P2∞ = P4∞ (flex case).
3
4
deg(h1 ) ≤ 1 and deg(h2 ) ≤ 2 if P1∞ = P2∞ = P3∞ = P4∞ (hyperflex
case). These curves are the C3,4 -curves.
If char(k) 6= 3, C : y 3 = f4 (x) (Picard curves) iif P1∞ is a rational
Galois point.
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
5 / 12
Special forms of the curve
C admits an equation of the form
C : y 3 + h1 (x)y 2 + h2 (x)y = f4 (x),
deg(f4 ) ≤ 4,
1
deg(h1 ) ≤ 2 and deg(h2 ) ≤ 3 if P1∞ = P2∞ (tangent case);
2
deg(h1 ) ≤ 1 and deg(h2 ) ≤ 3 if P1∞ = P2∞ = P4∞ (flex case).
3
4
deg(h1 ) ≤ 1 and deg(h2 ) ≤ 2 if P1∞ = P2∞ = P3∞ = P4∞ (hyperflex
case). These curves are the C3,4 -curves.
If char(k) 6= 3, C : y 3 = f4 (x) (Picard curves) iif P1∞ is a rational
Galois point.
: the more special, the faster.
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
5 / 12
Special forms of the curve
C admits an equation of the form
C : y 3 + h1 (x)y 2 + h2 (x)y = f4 (x),
deg(f4 ) ≤ 4,
1
deg(h1 ) ≤ 2 and deg(h2 ) ≤ 3 if P1∞ = P2∞ (tangent case);
2
deg(h1 ) ≤ 1 and deg(h2 ) ≤ 3 if P1∞ = P2∞ = P4∞ (flex case).
3
4
deg(h1 ) ≤ 1 and deg(h2 ) ≤ 2 if P1∞ = P2∞ = P3∞ = P4∞ (hyperflex
case). These curves are the C3,4 -curves.
If char(k) 6= 3, C : y 3 = f4 (x) (Picard curves) iif P1∞ is a rational
Galois point.
: the more special, the faster.
Remark: Quartics with a hyperflex form a sub-variety of codimension 1. So
generically the two last cases do not occur.
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
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points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
5 / 12
Study of the condition (∗) over Fq (Oyono-R.)
Theorem
Let C be a smooth plane quartic over the finite field Fq with q = p n
elements. If q ≥ 127, then there exists a line ` which intersects C at
rational points only.
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Istanbul,
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27-30 June 2010
6 / 12
Study of the condition (∗) over Fq (Oyono-R.)
Theorem
Let C be a smooth plane quartic over the finite field Fq with q = p n
elements. If q ≥ 127, then there exists a line ` which intersects C at
rational points only.
Theorem
Let C be a smooth plane quartic over Fq . If q ≥ 662 + 1, then there exists
a tangent to C which intersects C at rational points only.
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
6 / 12
Study of the condition (∗) over Fq (Oyono-R.)
Theorem
Let C be a smooth plane quartic over the finite field Fq with q = p n
elements. If q ≥ 127, then there exists a line ` which intersects C at
rational points only.
Theorem
Let C be a smooth plane quartic over Fq . If q ≥ 662 + 1, then there exists
a tangent to C which intersects C at rational points only.
Moreover, under a certain conjecture, the probability for a plane smooth
quartic over a finite field to have a rational flex is about 0.63.
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
6 / 12
Proof of the generic case
Follow an idea of (Diem-Thomé 08).
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Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
7 / 12
Proof of the generic case
Follow an idea of (Diem-Thomé 08).
1
Let P ∈ C (k). Consider the separable geometric cover
φ : C → |κ − P| = P1 of degree 3 induced by the linear system
|κ − P|. This parametrizes lines through the point P.
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Roger Oyono
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Istanbul,
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27-30 June 2010
7 / 12
Proof of the generic case
Follow an idea of (Diem-Thomé 08).
1
Let P ∈ C (k). Consider the separable geometric cover
φ : C → |κ − P| = P1 of degree 3 induced by the linear system
|κ − P|. This parametrizes lines through the point P.
2
Using effective Chebotarev’s density theorem for function fields, one
gets estimation on the number of completely split divisors in |κ − P|.
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Roger Oyono
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points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
7 / 12
Proof for the tangent case
Let T : C → Sym2 (C ), P 7→ TP (C ) · C − 2P be the tangential
correspondence. We associate to it its correspondence curve
XC = {(P, Q) ∈ C × C : Q ∈ T (P)}
which is defined over k.
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Roger Oyono
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Istanbul,
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27-30 June 2010
8 / 12
Proof for the tangent case
Let T : C → Sym2 (C ), P 7→ TP (C ) · C − 2P be the tangential
correspondence. We associate to it its correspondence curve
XC = {(P, Q) ∈ C × C : Q ∈ T (P)}
which is defined over k.
We want to prove that there is a rational point on XC when q is big
enough.
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Roger Oyono
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Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
8 / 12
Proof for the tangent case
Let T : C → Sym2 (C ), P 7→ TP (C ) · C − 2P be the tangential
correspondence. We associate to it its correspondence curve
XC = {(P, Q) ∈ C × C : Q ∈ T (P)}
which is defined over k.
We want to prove that there is a rational point on XC when q is big
enough.
Proposition (Aubry, Perret 95)
Let X /Fq be a geometrically irreducible curve of arithmetic genus πX .
Then
√
|#X (Fq ) − (q + 1)| ≤ 2πX q.
In particular if q ≥ (2πX )2 then X has a rational point.
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Roger Oyono
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Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
8 / 12
The question of the absolute irreducibility of XC
• The case of p 6= 2.
Let πi : XC → C be the projections on the first and second factors.
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9 / 12
The question of the absolute irreducibility of XC
• The case of p 6= 2.
Let πi : XC → C be the projections on the first and second factors. The
morphism π1 a degree 2-cover which ramification points are the bitangency
points.
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Roger Oyono
of intersection
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points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
9 / 12
The question of the absolute irreducibility of XC
• The case of p 6= 2.
Let πi : XC → C be the projections on the first and second factors. The
morphism π1 a degree 2-cover which ramification points are the bitangency
points. Moreover if a bitangency point P is not a hyperflex, then the points
in the fiber of π1−1 (P) are smooth points on XC .
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
9 / 12
The question of the absolute irreducibility of XC
• The case of p 6= 2.
Let πi : XC → C be the projections on the first and second factors. The
morphism π1 a degree 2-cover which ramification points are the bitangency
points. Moreover if a bitangency point P is not a hyperflex, then the points
in the fiber of π1−1 (P) are smooth points on XC .This implies that XC is
absolutely irreducible.
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
9 / 12
The question of the absolute irreducibility of XC
• The case of p 6= 2.
Let πi : XC → C be the projections on the first and second factors. The
morphism π1 a degree 2-cover which ramification points are the bitangency
points. Moreover if a bitangency point P is not a hyperflex, then the points
in the fiber of π1−1 (P) are smooth points on XC .This implies that XC is
absolutely irreducible.
• The case p = 2 (not in the article, see Arxiv).
We prove that if XC is not absolutely irreducible, then XC is reducible and
each component is isomorphic to C .
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
9 / 12
The question of the absolute irreducibility of XC
• The case of p 6= 2.
Let πi : XC → C be the projections on the first and second factors. The
morphism π1 a degree 2-cover which ramification points are the bitangency
points. Moreover if a bitangency point P is not a hyperflex, then the points
in the fiber of π1−1 (P) are smooth points on XC .This implies that XC is
absolutely irreducible.
• The case p = 2 (not in the article, see Arxiv).
We prove that if XC is not absolutely irreducible, then XC is reducible and
each component is isomorphic to C .Apply the previous bound to a
component.
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
9 / 12
The question of the absolute irreducibility of XC
• The case of p 6= 2.
Let πi : XC → C be the projections on the first and second factors. The
morphism π1 a degree 2-cover which ramification points are the bitangency
points. Moreover if a bitangency point P is not a hyperflex, then the points
in the fiber of π1−1 (P) are smooth points on XC .This implies that XC is
absolutely irreducible.
• The case p = 2 (not in the article, see Arxiv).
We prove that if XC is not absolutely irreducible, then XC is reducible and
each component is isomorphic to C .Apply the previous bound to a
component.
Remark: the only case where XC is reducible is when C is geometrically
isomorphic to the Klein quartic x 3 y + y 3 z + z 3 x = 0 (in particular
Conjecture 1 in the paper is false).
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Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a line and
Istanbul,
a quartic
27-30 June 2010
9 / 12
Computation of the arithmetic genus of XC
If p 6= 2 and there is no hyperflex on C , one can use Riemann-Hurwitz
formula with the degree 2-cover π1 : XC → C to get gXC .
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10 / 12
Computation of the arithmetic genus of XC
If p 6= 2 and there is no hyperflex on C , one can use Riemann-Hurwitz
formula with the degree 2-cover π1 : XC → C to get gXC . Then one uses a
flat family argument to get πXC in general.
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Roger Oyono
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points of a lineIstanbul,
and a quartic
27-30 June 2010
10 / 12
Computation of the arithmetic genus of XC
If p 6= 2 and there is no hyperflex on C , one can use Riemann-Hurwitz
formula with the degree 2-cover π1 : XC → C to get gXC . Then one uses a
flat family argument to get πXC in general.
When p = 2, wild ramification prevents to use Riemann-Hurwitz formula so
easily. We use instead intersection theory in C × C .
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a lineIstanbul,
and a quartic
27-30 June 2010
10 / 12
Computation of the arithmetic genus of XC
If p 6= 2 and there is no hyperflex on C , one can use Riemann-Hurwitz
formula with the degree 2-cover π1 : XC → C to get gXC . Then one uses a
flat family argument to get πXC in general.
When p = 2, wild ramification prevents to use Riemann-Hurwitz formula so
easily. We use instead intersection theory in C × C .
In both cases, we find that πXC = 33.
Christophe Ritzenthaler Joint work with Rationality
Roger Oyono
of intersection
(IML)
points of a lineIstanbul,
and a quartic
27-30 June 2010
10 / 12
Computation of the arithmetic genus of XC
If p 6= 2 and there is no hyperflex on C , one can use Riemann-Hurwitz
formula with the degree 2-cover π1 : XC → C to get gXC . Then one uses a
flat family argument to get πXC in general.
When p = 2, wild ramification prevents to use Riemann-Hurwitz formula so
easily. We use instead intersection theory in C × C .
In both cases, we find that πXC = 33.
Remark : unfortunately, there is a mistake in a remark of our paper
(corrected in the Arxiv version). We claimed that πXC = 9 when p = 2.
This is due to a confusion between the degree of the dual curve and the
degree of the dual map π2 (which is inseparable in this case).
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The case of flexes
Let P14 be the linear system of all plane quartics over a field K and
I0 = {(P, `), P ∈ `} ⊂ P2 × (P2 )∗ .
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The case of flexes
Let P14 be the linear system of all plane quartics over a field K and
I0 = {(P, `), P ∈ `} ⊂ P2 × (P2 )∗ . Let I4 ⊂ P14 × I0 be the locus
I4 = {(C , (P, `)), C is smooth and P is a flex of C with tangent line `}.
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The case of flexes
Let P14 be the linear system of all plane quartics over a field K and
I0 = {(P, `), P ∈ `} ⊂ P2 × (P2 )∗ . Let I4 ⊂ P14 × I0 be the locus
I4 = {(C , (P, `)), C is smooth and P is a flex of C with tangent line `}.
Theorem (Harris 79)
The Galois group of the cover I4 → P14 over C is the full symmetric group
S24 .
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The case of flexes
Let P14 be the linear system of all plane quartics over a field K and
I0 = {(P, `), P ∈ `} ⊂ P2 × (P2 )∗ . Let I4 ⊂ P14 × I0 be the locus
I4 = {(C , (P, `)), C is smooth and P is a flex of C with tangent line `}.
Theorem (Harris 79)
The Galois group of the cover I4 → P14 over C is the full symmetric group
S24 .
If this result is still true over F̄p , using Chebotarev density theorem, one
gets that the probability to have a plane quartic with a rational flex tends to
1−
1
1
1
+ − ... −
≈ 1 − exp(−1) ≈ 0.63
2! 3!
24!
when q tends to infinity.
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Harris’ result over finite fields
General reduction arguments show that the Galois group remains S24 for
almost all p.
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Harris’ result over finite fields
General reduction arguments show that the Galois group remains S24 for
almost all p.However
Proposition
The Galois group over F̄3 is S8 .
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Harris’ result over finite fields
General reduction arguments show that the Galois group remains S24 for
almost all p.However
Proposition
The Galois group over F̄3 is S8 .
This is due to the fact that the flexes of C are on a conic, which is not the
case when p 6= 3.
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Harris’ result over finite fields
General reduction arguments show that the Galois group remains S24 for
almost all p.However
Proposition
The Galois group over F̄3 is S8 .
This is due to the fact that the flexes of C are on a conic, which is not the
case when p 6= 3.
We conjecture that p = 3 is the only exception.
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