The Hermitian function field H= K(x,y) is defined by the equation yq+y=xq +1 (q being a power of the characteristic of K). Over K=${\mirrored F}$q2 it is a maximal function field; i.e. the number N(H) of ${\mirrored F}$q2-rational places attains the Hasse–Weil upper boundN(H)=q2+1+2g(H)·q. All subfields K[subnE ] E⊆H are also maximal. In this paper we construct a large number of nonrational subfields E⊆H, by considering the fixed fields H$^{\mathcal G}$ under certain groups ${\mathcal G}$ of automorphisms of H/K. Thus we obtain many integers g[ges ]0 that occur as the genus of some maximal function field over ${\mirrored F}$q2.
