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### Map between projective curves defined in an extension field

For example, suppose I have the following 2 projective curves:

k = GF(13)
x,y,z = ProjectiveSpace(k, 2, 'x,y,z').gens()
E = Curve(2*x^2 + 8*y*z + 8*z^2)
W = Curve(x^2 + y*z + z^2)


I like to define a map from E to W that involves $\sqrt 2$ and $\sqrt 8$, which do not exist in k = GF(13), but do in an extension of k:

x = PolynomialRing(k,'x').gen()
K = GF(13**2, 'w', modulus=x^2-2)
w = K.gen()


So $w = \sqrt 2$ and $2w = \sqrt 8$. The map I like to define sends $(x:y:z)$ to $(wx:2wy:2wz)$.

In this particular example, it's obvious that $(wx:2wy:2wz) = (x:2y:2z)$; but it's just a simple example do demonstrate the problem.

Something like this doesn't work:

x,y,z = ProjectiveSpace(k, 2, 'x,y,z').gens() #or ProjectiveSpace(K, 2, 'x,y,z').gens()
E.Hom(W)([w*x, 2*w*y, 2*w*z])


Thank you.

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### Map between projective curves defined in an extension field

For example, suppose I have the following 2 projective curves:

k = GF(13)
x,y,z = ProjectiveSpace(k, 2, 'x,y,z').gens()
E = Curve(2*x^2 + 8*y*z + 8*z^2)
W = Curve(x^2 + y*z + z^2)


I like to define a map from E to W that involves $\sqrt 2$ and $\sqrt 8$, which do not exist in k = GF(13), but do in an extension of k:

x = PolynomialRing(k,'x').gen()
K = GF(13**2, 'w', modulus=x^2-2)
w = K.gen()


So $w = \sqrt 2$ and $2w = \sqrt 8$. The map I like to define sends $(x:y:z)$ to $(wx:2wy:2wz)$.

In this particular example, it's obvious that $(wx:2wy:2wz) = (x:2y:2z)$; but it's just a simple example do demonstrate the problem.

Something like this doesn't work:

x,y,z = ProjectiveSpace(k, 2, 'x,y,z').gens() #or ProjectiveSpace(K, 2, 'x,y,z').gens()
E.Hom(W)([w*x, 2*w*y, 2*w*z])


Thank you.