• Title of article

    The a-number of jacobians of certain maximal curves

  • Author/Authors

    Nourozi, vahid Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science - Amirkabir University of Technology , Tafazolian, Saeed IMECC/UNICAMP - R. Sergio Buarque de Holanda - Cidade Universitaria - Campinas, Brazil , Rahamti, Farhad Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science - Amirkabir University of Technology

  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    121
  • To page
    128
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we compute a formula for the a-number of certain maximal curves given by the equation yq+y=xq+12 over the finite field Fq2. The same problem is studied for the maximal curve corresponding to ∑st=1yq/2t=xq+1 with q=2s, over the finite field Fq2.
  • Keywords
    a-number , Cartier operator , Super-singular , Curves , Maximal Curves
  • Record number

    2698131