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Counting rational points on elliptic curves with a rational 2-torsion point

Number Theory 2021-05-11 v1

Abstract

Let E/QE/\mathbb{Q} be an elliptic curve over the rational numbers. It is known, by the work of Bombieri and Zannier, that if EE has full rational 22-torsion, the number NE(B)N_E(B) of rational points with Weil height bounded by BB is exp(O(logBloglogB))\exp\left(O\left(\frac{\log B}{\sqrt{\log\log B}}\right)\right). In this paper we exploit the method of descent via 22-isogeny to extend this result to elliptic curves with just one nontrivial rational 22-torsion point. Moreover, we make use of a result of Petsche to derive the stronger upper bound NE(B)=exp(O(logBloglogB))N_{E}(B) = \exp\left(O\left(\frac{\log B}{\log\log B}\right)\right) for these curves and to remove a deep transcendence theory ingredient from the proof.

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@article{arxiv.2105.04032,
  title  = {Counting rational points on elliptic curves with a rational 2-torsion point},
  author = {Francesco Naccarato},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.04032},
  year   = {2021}
}