The Hilbert class field tower conjecture for curves over finite fields

Let XX and YY be smooth projective curves of genus at least two over a finite field Fq{\mathbb F}_q. Let H0(X):=XH_0(X):=X, let H1(X):=H(X)H_1(X):=H(X), and recursively let Hn+1(X):=Hn(H(X))H_{n+1}(X):=H_n(H(X)) for n1n\geq 1, where H(X)H(X) is the unramified abelian cover defined by the pullback of XX under IFr:JXJXI-\operatorname{Fr}:J_X\to J_X, with twists determined by a choice of degree-one divisor embedding. Hilbert class field tower conjecture. If, for each nn, there are choices of twists such that the LL-function of Hn(X)H_n(X) equals the LL-function of Hn(Y)H_n(Y) for all n0n\geq 0, then XX is isomorphic to YY. The conjecture proposes that the LL-functions of the successive Hilbert class field tower covers determine the curve, strengthening the information obtained from the Jacobian and its Tate-module Galois representation. The supplied text gives no resolution, so the status remains open.

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Andrew V. Sutherland and Jose Felipe Voloch, “Maps between curves and arithmetic obstructions”, arXiv:1709.05734 (2017).

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