## Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics

### The local and global zeta functions of Gauss's curve

#### Abstract

The singular curve $C\subset \mathbb{P}^2$ defined over $\mathbb{F}_p$ for a prime $p$ by the equation $x^2t^2+y^2t^2+x^2y^2-t^4=0$ is known as Gauss's curve. For $p\equiv 3$ mod $4$, we give a proof that the zeta function of $C$ is $Z_{C}(u)=\frac{(1+pu^2)(1+u)^2}{(1-pu)(1-u)}.$ We define the (Hasse-Weil) global zeta function for any geometric genus~1 singular curve and, in particular, find that the global zeta function of $C$ is $\zeta_C(s)=\frac{\zeta(s)\zeta(s-1)}{L_E(s)L(s,\chi^{\prime})^{2}},$ where $E$ is a projective nonsingular model for $C$, $L_E(s)$ is its $L$-function, and $L(s, \chi^{\prime})$ is a Dirichlet $L$-series for a character $\chi^{\prime}$ that we specify. We then consider more generally the ratio $R_{X}(s)$ of the Hasse-Weil global zeta function of a singular curve $X$ and that of its normalization $\widetilde{X}$. We finish with questions about the analytic properties of $R_{X}(s)$.

#### Article information

Source
Rocky Mountain J. Math., Volume 45, Number 1 (2015), 275-285.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 7 April 2015

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rmjm/1428412781

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1216/RMJ-2015-45-1-275

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3334212

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1358.11071

#### Citation

Malmskog, Beth; Muskat, Jeremy. The local and global zeta functions of Gauss's curve. Rocky Mountain J. Math. 45 (2015), no. 1, 275--285. doi:10.1216/RMJ-2015-45-1-275. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rmjm/1428412781

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