Explicit p-adic Hodge theory for elliptic curves and non-split Cartan images
Abstract
Let be an elliptic curve whose mod Galois image is contained in the normaliser of a non-split Cartan. We classify the possible -adic images of using tools from -adic Hodge theory via a careful analysis of the local Galois structure of the -power torsion of . We pay special attention to the case where has potentially supersingular reduction, where we give an algorithm to determine the corresponding filtered -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 : when the mod representation of has non-split Cartan image and doesn't have CM, the -adic image must be the full preimage of the normaliser of a mod non-split Cartan for some . As an application, we sharpen existing bounds on the adelic image in terms of the Weil height of the -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