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$p$-torsion of Genus Two Curves Over Prime Fields of Characteristic $p$

by Christian Robenhagen Ravnshøj
Preprints Number 6 (May 2007)
Consider the Jacobian of a hyperelliptic genus two curve defined over a prime field of characteristic $p$ and with complex multiplication. In this paper we show that the $p$-Sylow subgroup of the Jacobian is either trivial or of order $p$.
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