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Let k be a p-adic field of odd residue characteristic and let C be a hyperelliptic (or elliptic) curve defined by the affine equation Y 2=h(X). We discuss the index of C if h(X)=ɛf(X), where ɛ is either a non-square unit or a uniformising element in O k and f(X) a monic, irreducible polynomial with integral coefficients. If a root θ of f generates an extension k(θ) with ramification index a power of 2, we completely determine the index of C in terms of data associated to θ. Theorem 3.11 summarizes our results and provides an algorithm to calculate the index for such curves C.
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Received: 14 July 1997 / Revised version: 16 February 1998
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Van Geel, J., Yanchevskii, V. Indices of hyperelliptic curves over p-adic fields . manuscripta math. 96, 317–333 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002290050070
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