Let GF(q) be the Galois field of order q"pF, and let m53 be an integer. An explicit formula for the number of GF(qK)-rational points of the Fermat curve XL#Β½L#ZL"0 is given when n divides (qK!1)/(q!1) and p is sufficiently large with respect to (qK!1)/(n(q!1)).
Fermat curves over finite fields
β Scribed by A. Garcia; J.F. Voloch
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 518 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-314X
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