On the constant $D(q)$ defined by Homma

Peter Beelen, Maria Montanucci, Lara Vicino

Let $\mathcal{X}$ be a projective, irreducible, nonsingular algebraic curve over the finite field ${\mathbb{F}}_q$ with $q$ elements and let $|\mathcal{X}({\mathbb{F}}_q)|$ and $g(\mat…