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Mathematical Research Letters
Volume 21 (2014)
Number 6
A remark on the arithmetic invariant theory of hyperelliptic curves
Pages: 1451 – 1464
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/MRL.2014.v21.n6.a13
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Abstract
Let $C$ be a hyperelliptic curve over a field $k$ of characteristic $0$, and let $P \in C(k)$ be a marked Weierstrass point. As Bhargava and Gross have observed, the 2-descent on the Jacobian of $C$ can be rephrased in terms of the language of arithmetic invariant theory, using the geometry of pencils of quadrics. We give a simple reinterpretation of their construction using instead the geometry of the curve $C$.
Accepted 24 October 2014
Published 2 April 2015