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Mat. Sb., 1989 Volume 180, Number 5, Pages 625–634 (Mi sm1624)

On minimal models of algebraic curves

Nguyen Khac Viet


Abstract: Let be an odd prime number. Consider the algebraic curves (normalizations of their projective closures):
$$ x^p+y^p=1, \qquad y^p=x^s(1-x), \quad s=1,\dots,p-2. $$
Let $\zeta$ be a primitive $p$th root of $1$. The Galois group $\operatorname{Gal}(\mathbf Q_p(\zeta)/\mathbf Q_p)$ acts on the minimal models of these curves over $\mathbf Z_p(\zeta)$. This idea is used here to study their minimal models over $\mathbf Z_p$. The action of $\operatorname{Gal}(\mathbf Q_p(\zeta)/\mathbf Q_p)$, passage to the quotient modulo this action, the resolution of singularities on the quotients, and the contraction of exceptional curves of genus $1$ are described. All of this leads to minimal models of the indicated curves over $\mathbf Z_p$.
Bibliography: 6 titles.

UDC: 512.75

MSC: Primary 14E30, 14H25; Secondary 14G20

Received: 07.04.1987


 English version:
Mathematics of the USSR-Sbornik, 1990, 67:1, 65–74

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