Singularity conjecture for D4 inflectionary curves

Let n=2n=2\ell, assume that char(F)\operatorname{char}(F) is zero or sufficiently positive, and let Cm=Cm\mathcal{C}_m=\mathcal{C}^{\ell}_m be the mm-th inflectionary curve from the D4D_4 pencil yn=x5+x3+sxy^n=x^5+x^3+sx, compactified in P(1,4,1)\mathbb{P}(1,4,1). D4 singularity conjecture. For every m3m\geq3, Cm\mathcal{C}_m is geometrically irreducible and has precisely three singularities in the affine xsxs-plane, at (0,0)(0,0) and (±1/2,1/4)(\pm\sqrt{-1/2},1/4); the latter two are exchanged by an involution and hence are isomorphic. The predicted points correspond to the singular points of the total space of the pencil; the supplied text gives no proof of the full assertion.

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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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