Local Newton polygon conjecture for D4 inflectionary curves

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Let n=2ℓn=2\ell, assume that char⁡(F)\operatorname{char}(F) is zero or sufficiently positive, and let Cm\mathcal{C}_m be the mm-th inflectionary curve from yn=x5+x3+sxy^n=x^5+x^3+sx. For p=(±−1/2,1/4)p=(\pm\sqrt{-1/2},1/4), let New⁡p(Cm)\operatorname{New}_p(\mathcal{C}_m) be the Newton polygon in affine coordinates centered at pp. D4 Newton polygon conjecture. The polygons are Conv⁡((0,3),(0,2),(2,1),(5,0),(12,0))\operatorname{Conv}((0,3),(0,2),(2,1),(5,0),(12,0)) for m=3m=3, Conv⁡((0,4),(0,2),(2,1),(8,0),(16,0))\operatorname{Conv}((0,4),(0,2),(2,1),(8,0),(16,0)) for m=4m=4, and Conv⁡((0,5),(0,3),(1,2),(3,1),(9,0),(20,0))\operatorname{Conv}((0,5),(0,3),(1,2),(3,1),(9,0),(20,0)) for m=5m=5; for m≥6m\geq6 they have the displayed general form involving ⌈m/2⌉\lceil m/2\rceil and the parity indicator. These predictions refine the expected local singularity types, but remain unproved in the supplied text.

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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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