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Explicit p-adic Hodge theory for elliptic curves and non-split Cartan images

Number Theory 2026-03-05 v1

Abstract

Let E/QpE/\mathbb{Q}_p be an elliptic curve whose mod pp Galois image is contained in the normaliser of a non-split Cartan. We classify the possible pp-adic images of EE using tools from pp-adic Hodge theory via a careful analysis of the local Galois structure of the pp-power torsion of EE. We pay special attention to the case where EE has potentially supersingular reduction, where we give an algorithm to determine the corresponding filtered (φ,Gal(K/Qp))(\varphi,\operatorname{Gal}(K/\mathbb{Q}_p))-module from a Weierstrass model (which appears to be novel), and introduce alternative division polynomials that may be of independent interest. We deduce global consequences for elliptic curves E/QE/\mathbb{Q}: when the mod pp representation of EE has non-split Cartan image and EE doesn't have CM, the pp-adic image must be the full preimage of the normaliser of a mod pnp^n non-split Cartan for some n1n \geq 1. As an application, we sharpen existing bounds on the adelic image in terms of the Weil height of the jj-invariant.

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@article{arxiv.2603.04021,
  title  = {Explicit p-adic Hodge theory for elliptic curves and non-split Cartan images},
  author = {Matthew Bisatt and Lorenzo Furio and Davide Lombardo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.04021},
  year   = {2026}
}

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42 pages