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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 125 5 b Solution by
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Let . The compatibility of divisor classes with pullback identifies the class ofwith , so choose withSince , choose withThe functions and have the same divisor. Their quotient is constant, and because is algebraically closed we may rescale so thatThus defineChanging 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 . Henceis independent of the auxiliary point . This is the Weil pairing associated with .
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