An Algorithm for Computing Weierstrass Points

  • Authors:
  • Florian Hess

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • ANTS-V Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Algorithmic Number Theory
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

We develop algorithms for computing differentiations and Weierstrass points of algebraic curves in any characteristic. As an application we explain how this can be used to compute special models of curves together with a map to P1 of low degree.