Congruences modulo $23$ to $y^2=x^3-23$ are trivial
Abstract
We say that two elliptic curves and over are congruent modulo a prime if their -torsion Galois modules (over the algebraic closure of ) are isomorphic. Such a congruence is called trivial if there is a rational isogeny between and with degree prime to . A version of the Frey-Mazur conjecture states that any congruence modulo any prime is trivial. Given an elliptic curve and a prime , it is well-known that there is a twist of the classical modular curve whose rational points describe the elliptic curves congruent to modulo . In this article, we apply Mazur's strategy to determine the rational points of such a twisted modular curve under certain assumptions. This involves, among others, the determination of the previously unknown Tate module of its Jacobian and new instances of the Birch and Swinnerton--Dyer conjecture (for abelian varieties not of -type). In particular, we determine an explicit bound on the conductor of any elliptic curve congruent modulo to when is prime and congruent to modulo , and deduce that any congruence modulo to is trivial.
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@article{arxiv.2507.20801,
title = {Congruences modulo $23$ to $y^2=x^3-23$ are trivial},
author = {Elie Studnia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.20801},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
64 pages (improved writing, simplified some arguments); comments welcome !