Low-dimensional factors of superelliptic Jacobians

Abstract

Given a polynomial $f\in \mathbb{C}[x]$, we consider the family of superelliptic curves $y^d=f(x)$ and their Jacobians $J_d$ for varying integers $d$. We show that for any integer $g$ the number of abelian varieties up to isogeny of dimension $\le g$ which appear in any $J_d$ is finite and their multiplicities are bounded.

6 pages. v2: Several small changes following referee report. To appear in the European Journal of Mathematics