Weil polynomials of abelian varieties over finite fields

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate Weil polynomials and their relationship with isogeny classes of abelian varieties over finite fields. We give a necessary condition for a degree 12 polynomial with integer coefficients to be a Weil polynomial. Moreover, we provide explicit criteria that determine when a Weil polynomial of degree 14 occurs as the characteristic polynomial of a Frobenius endomorphism acting on an abelian variety.

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