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Tim Dokchitser
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The automorphism group of a hyperelliptic curve

Let $C$ be the projective smooth genus 2 curve defined by $y^2=x^5-x$ over $\mathbb F_5.$ What is the order of its automorphism group (automorphisms over $\mathbb F_5$)?

I have seen different answers. In Hartshorne's Algebraic Geometry, p. 306, the answer is $2p(p^2-1)=240.$ In INFORMATION Volume 8, Number 6, pp. 837-844, Isomorphism classes of genus-2 hyperelliptic curves over finite fields $\mathbb F_{5^m},$ by L. Hernández Encinas and J. Muñoz Masqué, theorem 2, the answer is $|A_{4221}|=20$ (using notations there). A professor (let me not to mention the name for now) told me the order is 120.

Maybe I misunderstand some of the references above?

shenghao
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