Primitive divisors of elliptic divisibility sequences over function fields with constant j-invariant
Abstract
We prove an optimal Zsigmondy bound for elliptic divisibility sequences over function fields in case the -invariant of the elliptic curve is constant. In more detail, given an elliptic curve with a point of infinite order, the sequence , of denominators of multiples , of is a strong divisibility sequence in the sense that . This is the genus-one analogue of the genus-zero Fibonacci, Lucas and Lehmer sequences. A number is called a Zsigmondy bound of the sequence if each term with presents a new prime factor. The optimal uniform Zsigmondy bound for the genus-zero sequences over is by Bilu-Hanrot-Voutier, 2000, but finding such a bound remains an open problem in genus one, both over and over function fields. We prove that the optimal Zsigmondy bound for ordinary elliptic divisibility sequences over function fields is if the -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