Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2026/iii/paper-125/5/b/solution

Let . The compatibility of divisor classes with pullback identifies the class of
with , so choose with
Since , choose with
The functions and have the same divisor. Their quotient is constant, and because is algebraically closed we may rescale so that
Thus define
Changing either function changes only by an th power of a constant. The divisor relation for differs from the sum of those for and by times a principal divisor, so the map is a homomorphism. If is trivial, then for , whence ; the divisor-class isomorphism forces . The map is therefore well-defined and injective.
For , translation by fixes . Hence
is independent of the auxiliary point . This is the Weil pairing associated with .
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