Existence conjecture for smooth higher-degree plane-filling curves

Let r2r\geq 2 be an integer. For kFqk\in\mathbb{F}_q, let Ck,rP2C_{k,r}\subset\mathbb{P}^2 be the plane-filling curve defined by

xr(xqyxyq)+yr(yqzyzq)+(zr+kxr)(zqxzxq)=0.x^r (x^q y-xy^q)+y^r (y^q z-yz^q)+(z^r+kx^r)(z^q x-zx^q)=0.

Existence conjecture for Ck,rC_{k,r}. There exists an integer m=m(r)m=m(r) such that, for every finite field Fq\mathbb{F}_q with q>mq>m and characteristic not dividing rr, there is some kFqk\in\mathbb{F}_q for which Ck,rC_{k,r} is smooth. Computations found only four exceptional pairs in the tested ranges, but the assertion is unproved in general.

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Shamil Asgarli and Dragos Ghioca, “Plane-filling curves of small degree over finite fields”, arXiv:2307.03072 (2023).

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