On lower bounds for the Ihara constants A(2) and A(3)

Compositio Mathematica

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1108-1128

  Duursma, Iwan ^a   Mak, Kit Ho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic bound; Curves with many points; Ihara constant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880061620     PISSN: 0010437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1112/S0010437X12000796     Document Type: Article

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