We prove that for any prime p there is a constant Cₚ > 0 such that for any n > 0 and for any p-power q there is a smooth, projective, absolutely irreducible curve over of genus g ≤ Cₚqⁿ without points of degree smaller than n.
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author = {Claudio Stirpe},
title = {An upper bound for the minimum genus of a curve without points of small degree},
journal = {Acta Arithmetica},
volume = {161},
year = {2013},
pages = {115-128},
zbl = {1309.11049},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-aa160-2-2}
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Claudio Stirpe. An upper bound for the minimum genus of a curve without points of small degree. Acta Arithmetica, Tome 161 (2013) pp. 115-128. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-aa160-2-2/