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what is the maximum number of rational points of a curve of genus 2 over the rationals

Conjecturally, there exists an integer $n$ such that the number of rational points of a genus $2$ curve over $\mathbf{Q}$ is at most $n$. (This follows from the Bombieri-Lang conjecture.) We are ...
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Pointless, non-singular, absolutely irreducible affine plane curves over finite fields

We think the following is true: For all sufficiently large primes $p$ and all natural $g \ge 1$, there exists affine plane curve $f(x,y)=0$ over $\mathbb{F}_p$ which is non-singular, absolutely ...
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