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Extensions of CM elliptic curves and orbit counting on the projective line

Number Theory 2018-10-16 v1

Abstract

There are several formulas for the number of orbits of the projective line under the action of subgroups of GL2GL_2. We give an interpretation of two such formulas in terms of the geometry of elliptic curves, and prove a more general formula for a large class of congruence subgroups of Bianchi groups. Our formula involves the number of walks on a certain graph called an isogeny volcano. Underlying our results is a complete description of the group of extensions of a pair of CM elliptic curves, and of a pair of lattices in a quadratic field.

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@article{arxiv.1608.01390,
  title  = {Extensions of CM elliptic curves and orbit counting on the projective line},
  author = {Julian Rosen and Ariel Shnidman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.01390},
  year   = {2018}
}

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15 pages, 3 figures