Curves of genus two with maps of every degree to a fixed elliptic curve

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Main Author: Howe, Everett W.
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contents We show that up to isomorphism there are exactly twenty pairs $(C,E)$, where $C$ is a genus-$2$ curve over ${\mathbf C}$, where $E$ is an elliptic curve over ${\mathbf C}$, and where for every integer $n>1$ there is a map of degree $n$ from $C$ to $E$. We also show that for every genus-$2$ curve $C$, there is an integer $n$ with $1 < n \le 59$ such that there is no minimal degree-$n$ map from $C$ to an elliptic curve.
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spellingShingle Curves of genus two with maps of every degree to a fixed elliptic curve
Howe, Everett W.
Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
14H45 (Primary) 11G05, 11G10, 11G15, 11G30 (Secondary)
We show that up to isomorphism there are exactly twenty pairs $(C,E)$, where $C$ is a genus-$2$ curve over ${\mathbf C}$, where $E$ is an elliptic curve over ${\mathbf C}$, and where for every integer $n>1$ there is a map of degree $n$ from $C$ to $E$. We also show that for every genus-$2$ curve $C$, there is an integer $n$ with $1 < n \le 59$ such that there is no minimal degree-$n$ map from $C$ to an elliptic curve.
title Curves of genus two with maps of every degree to a fixed elliptic curve
topic Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
14H45 (Primary) 11G05, 11G10, 11G15, 11G30 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.19050