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Primitive divisors of elliptic divisibility sequences over function fields with constant j-invariant

Number Theory 2019-12-24 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We prove an optimal Zsigmondy bound for elliptic divisibility sequences over function fields in case the jj-invariant of the elliptic curve is constant. In more detail, given an elliptic curve EE with a point PP of infinite order, the sequence D1D_1, D2,D_2, \ldots of denominators of multiples PP, 2P,2P,\ldots of PP is a strong divisibility sequence in the sense that gcd(Dm,Dn)=Dgcd(m,n)\gcd(D_m, D_n) = D_{\gcd(m,n)}. This is the genus-one analogue of the genus-zero Fibonacci, Lucas and Lehmer sequences. A number NN is called a Zsigmondy bound of the sequence if each term DnD_{n} with n>Nn>N presents a new prime factor. The optimal uniform Zsigmondy bound for the genus-zero sequences over Q\mathbf{Q} is 3030 by Bilu-Hanrot-Voutier, 2000, but finding such a bound remains an open problem in genus one, both over Q\mathbf{Q} and over function fields. We prove that the optimal Zsigmondy bound for ordinary elliptic divisibility sequences over function fields is 22 if the jj-invariant is constant. In the supersingular case, we give a complete classification of which terms can and cannot have a new prime factor.

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@article{arxiv.1904.12393,
  title  = {Primitive divisors of elliptic divisibility sequences over function fields with constant j-invariant},
  author = {Bartosz Naskręcki and Marco Streng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.12393},
  year   = {2019}
}

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24 pages

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