Everett W. Howe,
Kristin E. Lauter
(2003)
We give new arguments that improve the known upper bounds on the maximal number of rational points of a curve of genus over a finite field , for a number
of pairs . Given a pair and an integer , we determine the possible zeta
functions of genus- curves over with points, and then deduce
properties of the curves from their zeta functions. In many cases we can show that a
genus- curve over with points must have a low-degree map to another
curve over , and often this...