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Divisibility of the coefficients of modular polynomials

Number Theory 2025-10-17 v2

Abstract

Let N>1N>1 and let ΦN(X,Y)Z[X,Y]\Phi_N(X,Y)\in\mathbb{Z}[X,Y] be the modular polynomial which vanishes precisely at pairs of jj-invariants of elliptic curves linked by a cyclic isogeny of degree NN. In this note we study the divisibility of the coefficients of ΦN(X+J,Y+J)\Phi_N(X+J, Y+J) for certain algebraic numbers JJ, in particular J=0J=0 and other singular moduli. It turns out that these coefficients are highly divisible by small primes at which JJ is supersingular.

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@article{arxiv.2509.06423,
  title  = {Divisibility of the coefficients of modular polynomials},
  author = {Florian Breuer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.06423},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

10 pages, major rewrite with more general results