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Exceptional elliptic curves over quartic fields

Number Theory 2012-05-30 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We study the number of elliptic curves, up to isomorphism, over a fixed quartic field KK having a prescribed torsion group TT as a subgroup. Let T=Z/mZZ/nZT=\Z/m\Z \oplus \Z/n\Z, where mnm|n, be a torsion group such that the modular curve X1(m,n)X_1(m,n) is an elliptic curve. Let KK be a number field such that there is a positive and finite number of elliptic curves ETE_T over KK having TT as a subgroup. We call such pairs (ET,K)(E_T, K) \emph{exceptional}. It is known that there are only finitely many exceptional pairs when KK varies through all quadratic or cubic fields. We prove that when KK varies through all quartic fields, there exist infinitely many exceptional pairs when T=Z/14ZT=\Z/14\Z or Z/15Z\Z/15\Z and finitely many otherwise.

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@article{arxiv.1109.2207,
  title  = {Exceptional elliptic curves over quartic fields},
  author = {Filip Najman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.2207},
  year   = {2012}
}
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