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CM points on Shimura curves via QM-equivariant isogeny volcanoes

Number Theory 2024-12-11 v3

Abstract

We study CM points on the Shimura curves X0D(N)/QX_0^D(N)_{/\mathbb{Q}} and X1D(N)/QX_1^D(N)_{/\mathbb{Q}}, parametrizing abelian surfaces with quaternionic multiplication and extra level structure. A description of the locus of points with CM by a specified order is obtained for general level, via an isogeny-volcano approach in analogy to work of Clark and Clark--Saia in the D=1D=1 case of modular curves. This allows for a count of all points with CM by a specified order on such a curve, and a determination of all primitive residue fields and primitive degrees of such points on X0D(N)/QX_0^D(N)_{/\mathbb{Q}}. We leverage computations of least degrees towards the existence of sporadic CM points on X0D(N)/QX_0^D(N)_{/\mathbb{Q}}.

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@article{arxiv.2212.12635,
  title  = {CM points on Shimura curves via QM-equivariant isogeny volcanoes},
  author = {Frederick Saia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.12635},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

52 pages. To appear in Pacific J. Math