On primes of degree one in function fields
On primes of degree one in function fields
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关于函数域中的一次素数
DOI:
10.1090/s0002-9939-1985-0781050-4
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发表时间:
1985
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R. Indik
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作者:
G. Anderson;R. Indik
We show that over the algebraic closure of a finite field, every point of the jacobian of a curve annihilated by a power of a prime I is the I-primary component of a point in the image of the curve. Let X be a smooth, projective, geometrically connected curve of genus g > 0 defined over the algebraic closure F of the field Fq of q elements. Fixing a basepoint x( of X in Fq, let p: X -* J denote the embedding assigning to each point x of X the divisor class of the difference of x and x0. Let I be any prime number and let X: J(Fq) J(Fq), denote the projection of the torsion group J(Fq) onto its i-primary component. The object of this note is to prove the following THEOREM. The map X o q: X(Fq) J(F) is surjective. For the proof we need a lemma giving control over the distribution of primes of degree one in arithmetic progressions. Let K/k be an abelian unramified extension of global fields of positive characteristic. Let g be the genus of k and suppose that Fq is the field of constants of both K and k. For each prime v of k let Ft, E Gal(K/k) denote the corresponding arithmetic Frobenius. LEMMA. If there exists a0 E Gal(K/k) such that F,, / a0 for all primes v of k of degree one, then q < (2g[ K: k] + 3) 2. PROOF. By hypothesis (* )E = -E 4(co) ,(Ftj) C1 C1 4 where v runs through all the primes of k of degree one (i.e., of residue field coinciding with Fq), and 4 runs through all the nontrivial complex-valued characters of Gal(K/k). Now by the Riemann Hypothesis (see Appendix 5 of [W]) the left side of (*) is bounded below by q + 1 2g~/F; the right side is bounded above by ([K: k] 1)(2g 2)v/Vj. The desired conclusion follows immediately. Turning now to the proof of the theorem, suppose that some point d E J(Fq) fails to be in the image of X o T. Assume, as is permissible, that X is the base-change of a smooth projective curve X0 defined over Fq, x0 is Fq-rational, and d is an Fq-rational point of the jacobian J0 of X0. Fix a rational prime r distinct from 1. Let k denote the function field of X0, k an algebraic closure of k, and v0 the prime of degree one of k Received by the editors April 3, 1984. 1980 Mathemnatics Subject Classificcation. Primary 12A80; Secondary 14H99. 'A1985 American Mathematical Society 0002-9939/85 $1.00 + $.25 per page