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Gaussian point count statistics for families of curves over a fixed finite field. (English) Zbl 1297.11063

Summary: We produce a collection of families of curves, whose point count statistics over \(\mathbb F_p\) becomes Gaussian for \(p\) fixed. In particular, the average number of \(\mathbb F_p\) points on curves in these families tends to infinity.

MSC:

11G20 Curves over finite and local fields
14G15 Finite ground fields in algebraic geometry