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Deuring has the following important theorem on elliptic curves over a finite field: Let $p$ be a prime at least $5$, and $N=p+1-a$ an integer with $|a|\leq 2\sqrt{p}$, then the number of elliptic curves $E$ over $\mathbb{F}_q$ which have $N$ rational points is $\frac{p-1}{2}H(a^2-4p)$, where $H(D)$ is the Hurwitz class number of the discriminant of an order.

Is it possible to generalize this to the case where $p=2,3$? It doesn't feel likely, but I do not know any counterexamples or any obstructions that prevent such generalization. Thanks in advance.

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    $\begingroup$ There's only a dozen or so possible cases here (14 pairs $(p, N)$, to be precise). Have you tried just computing them and seeing what happens? $\endgroup$ Commented May 30, 2023 at 14:51

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