Conjectural strengthenings on curves without abelian points

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Let KK be any number field and let EE be any elliptic curve over KK. Write Kab⁡K^{\operatorname{ab}} for the maximal abelian extension of KK.

Conjectural strengthenings. The following statements hold:

a) There is a genus one curve CC over KK, with Jacobian EE, such that

C(Kab⁡)=∅.C(K^{\operatorname{ab}})=\emptyset.


b) For all d≥3d\geq 3, there is a degree-dd plane curve CC over Q\mathbb{Q} such that

C(Kab⁡)=∅.C(K^{\operatorname{ab}})=\emptyset.


c) For all g≥4g\geq 4, there is a curve CC over Q\mathbb{Q} of genus gg such that

C(Kab⁡)=∅.C(K^{\operatorname{ab}})=\emptyset.

These are proposed as stronger statements relating the existence of curves with no points over maximal abelian extensions to genus, degree, and prescribed Jacobian. The source presents them as conjectural strengthenings rather than established results; their status is therefore open.

References

Primary source

Pete L. Clark, “Abelian points on algebraic curves”, arXiv:math/0604263 (2006).

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