Galois points for a plane curve in characteristic two

Abstract

Let C be an irreducible plane curve. A point P in the projective plane is said to be Galois with respect to C if the function field extension induced by the projection from P is Galois. We denote by δ′(C) the number of Galois points contained in P2∖C. In this article we will present two results with respect to determination of δ′(C) in characteristic two. First we determine δ′(C) for smooth plane curves of degree a power of two. In particular, we give a new characterization of the Klein quartic in terms of δ′(C). Second we determine δ′(C) for a generalization of the Klein quartic, which is related to an example of Artin–Schreier curves whose automorphism group exceeds the Hurwitz bound. This curve has many Galois points.