Dyadic Torsion of Elliptic Curves
Abstract
Let be a field of characteristic , and let , , and be algebraically independent and transcendental over . Let be the transcendental extension of obtained by adjoining the elementary symmetric functions of the 's. Let be the elliptic curve defined over which is given by the equation . We define a tower of field extensions by giving recursive formulas for the generators of each over . We show that is a certain central subextension of the field , and a generator of over is given. Moreover, if we assume that contains all -power roots of unity, for each , we show that contains and is contained in a certain quadratic extension of .
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1310.6447,
title = {Dyadic Torsion of Elliptic Curves},
author = {Jeff Yelton},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.6447},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
This is a revision of Sections 1 and 3 of the last draft of this manuscript; Section 2 was adapted as arXiv:1410.2668