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AN ASYMPTOTICALLY GOOD TOWER OF CURVES OVER THE FIELD WITH EIGHT ELEMENTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2002

GERARD VAN DER GEER
Affiliation:
Korteweg–de Vries Institut, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht 24, 1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlandsgeer@science.uva.nl
MARCEL VAN DER VLUGT
Affiliation:
Mathematisch Instituut, Universiteit Leiden, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands, vlugt@math.leidenuniv.nl
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Abstract

An explicit, asymptotically good, tower of curves over the field with eight elements is constructed. The genus and the number of rational points are calculated explicitly.

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© The London Mathematical Society 2002

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