On Weil Polynomials of Hyperelliptic Curves over Finite Fields of Characteristic 2

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Hauptverfasser: Borodin, Matvey, May, Liam
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author Borodin, Matvey
May, Liam
author_facet Borodin, Matvey
May, Liam
contents We present new conditions which obstruct the existence of hyperelliptic Jacobians in isogeny classes of abelian varieties over finite fields of characteristic 2. We show that Weil polynomials of Jacobians cannot have coefficients in certain residue classes modulo 2, extending the approach of Costa et al. in arXiv:2002.02067. We prove that for 3- and 4-dimensional abelian varieties over $\mathbb{F}_{2^n}$, as $n \rightarrow\infty$, the parities of the Weil coefficients asymptotically equidistribute. Further, we show that these obstructions disqualify $\frac12$ of all 3-dimensional isogeny classes and $\frac 58$ of all 4-dimensional isogeny classes from containing a hyperelliptic Jacobian. Additionally, we present a practical enumeration algorithm which generates all isomorphism classes of hyperelliptic curves of arbitrary genus over almost any finite field of characteristic 2 based on existing algorithms over $\mathbb{F}_2$. Our analysis shows the runtime to be $\tilde{O}(2^{n(2g-1)})$ expected, and $\tilde{O}(2^{n(2g+2)})$ worst case. This runtime improvement renders the algorithm practical for fields other than $\mathbb{F}_2$.
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spellingShingle On Weil Polynomials of Hyperelliptic Curves over Finite Fields of Characteristic 2
Borodin, Matvey
May, Liam
Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
We present new conditions which obstruct the existence of hyperelliptic Jacobians in isogeny classes of abelian varieties over finite fields of characteristic 2. We show that Weil polynomials of Jacobians cannot have coefficients in certain residue classes modulo 2, extending the approach of Costa et al. in arXiv:2002.02067. We prove that for 3- and 4-dimensional abelian varieties over $\mathbb{F}_{2^n}$, as $n \rightarrow\infty$, the parities of the Weil coefficients asymptotically equidistribute. Further, we show that these obstructions disqualify $\frac12$ of all 3-dimensional isogeny classes and $\frac 58$ of all 4-dimensional isogeny classes from containing a hyperelliptic Jacobian. Additionally, we present a practical enumeration algorithm which generates all isomorphism classes of hyperelliptic curves of arbitrary genus over almost any finite field of characteristic 2 based on existing algorithms over $\mathbb{F}_2$. Our analysis shows the runtime to be $\tilde{O}(2^{n(2g-1)})$ expected, and $\tilde{O}(2^{n(2g+2)})$ worst case. This runtime improvement renders the algorithm practical for fields other than $\mathbb{F}_2$.
title On Weil Polynomials of Hyperelliptic Curves over Finite Fields of Characteristic 2
topic Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16886