Geometric irreducibility and genus conjecture for Weierstrass inflectionary curves

Let n=2n=2\ell, let FF have characteristic zero or sufficiently positive characteristic, and let CmP(1,2,1)\mathcal{C}^{\ell}_m\subset\mathbb{P}(1,2,1) be the inflectionary curve derived from yn=x3+λx+2y^n=x^3+\lambda x+2. Weierstrass genus conjecture. For every m3m\geq3, Cm\mathcal{C}^{\ell}_m is geometrically irreducible and has geometric genus (m1)24\left\lceil\frac{(m-1)^2}{4}\right\rceil. The claim is intended to follow from the predicted singularity structure and Newton polygons; the supplied text does not establish it.

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Ethan Cotterill, Ignacio Darago, Cristhian Garay López, Changho Han and Tony Shaska, “Arithmetic inflection of superelliptic curves”, arXiv:2110.04813 (2024).

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