The $a$-number of jacobians of certain maximal curves

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), 424 Hafez Ave., Tehran 15914, Iran

2 IMECC/UNICAMP, R. Sergio Buarque de Holanda, 651, Cidade Universitaria,, Zeferino Vaz, 13083-859, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this paper, we compute a formula for the $a$-number of certain maximal curves given by the equation $y^{q}+y=x^{\frac{q+1}{2}}$ over the finite field $\mathbb{F}_{q^2}$. The same problem is studied for the maximal curve corresponding to $\sum_{t=1}^s y^{q/2^t}=x^{q+1}$ with $q=2^s$, over the finite field $\mathbb{F}_{q^2}$.

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