On maximal curves which are not Galois subcovers of the Hermitian curve

Abstract

We show that the generalized Giulietti-Korchmáros curve is not a Galois subcover of the Hermitian curve over ${\mathbb{F}}_{q^{2n}}$. This answers a question raised by Garcia, Güneri and Stichtenoth.

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