arXiv · 2012.10805
On Sato--Tate distributions, extremal traces, and real multiplication in genus 2
Abstract
The vertical Sato--Tate conjectures gives expected trace distributions for for families of curves. We develop exact expression for the distribution associated to degree-$4$ representations of $\mathrm{USp}(4)$, $\mathrm{SU}(2)\times\mathrm{SU}(2)$ and $\mathrm{SU}(2)$ in the neighborhood of the extremities of the Weil bound. As a consequence we derive qualitative distinctions between the extremal traces arising from generic genus-$2$ curves and genus-$2$ curves with real or quaternionic multiplication. In particular we show, in a specific sense, to what extent curves with real multiplication dominate the contribution to extremal traces.
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David Kohel, Yih-Dar Shieh. 2020-12-19. On Sato--Tate distributions, extremal traces, and real multiplication in genus 2. https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.10805
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