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Endomorphism Rings of Supersingular Elliptic Curves and Ternary Quadratic Forms

Number Theory 2025-07-15 v3

Abstract

Let c<3p/16c<3p/16 be a prime or c=1c=1. Let EE be a Z[cp]\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-cp}]-oriented supersingular elliptic curve defined over Fp2\mathbb{F}_{p^2}. There exists a cc-isogeny from EE to EpE^p with kernel GE[c]G \subset E[c]. Given an Eichler order corresponding to the endomorphism ring End(E,G)={θEnd(E):θ(G)G}\text{End}(E,G)=\{ \theta \in \text{End}(E): \theta(G) \subseteq G \}, we can compute a ternary quadratic form with discriminant pp by solving two square roots in Fc\mathbb{F}_c, and the ternary quadratic form corresponds to a maximal order OEnd(E)\mathcal{O} \cong \text{End}(E) in Bp,B_{p,\infty} by Brandt--Sohn correspondence. Let DD be a prime with D<pD<p (resp. 4D<p4D<p). If an imaginary quadratic order with discriminant D-D (resp. 4D-4D) can be embedded into End(E)\text{End}(E), then we can compute a maximal order in Bp,B_{p,\infty} corresponding to End(E)\text{End}(E) by solving one square root in FD\mathbb{F}_D and two square roots in Fc\mathbb{F}_c. As we know, any isogeny between supersingular elliptic curves can be translated into a kernel ideal of the endomorphism ring. We study the action of the kernel ideal and give a basis of its right order. In general, we propose an efficient algorithm for computing a maximal order from an Eichler order in Bp,B_{p,\infty}.

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@article{arxiv.2409.11025,
  title  = {Endomorphism Rings of Supersingular Elliptic Curves and Ternary Quadratic Forms},
  author = {Guanju Xiao and Zijian Zhou and Longjiang Qu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.11025},
  year   = {2025}
}

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24 pages