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Primitive divisors of sequences associated to elliptic curves with complex multiplication

Number Theory 2023-11-16 v2

Abstract

Let PP and QQ be two points on an elliptic curve defined over a number field KK. For αEnd(E)\alpha\in \text{End}(E), define BαB_\alpha to be the OK\mathcal{O}_K-integral ideal generated by the denominator of x(α(P)+Q)x(\alpha(P)+Q). Let O\mathcal{O} be a subring of End(E)\text{End}(E), that is a Dedekind domain. We will study the sequence {Bα}αO\{B_\alpha\}_{\alpha\in \mathcal{O}}. We will show that, for all but finitely many αO\alpha\in \mathcal{O}, the ideal BαB_\alpha has a primitive divisor when PP is a non-torsion point and there exist two endomorphisms g0g\neq 0 and ff so that f(P)=g(Q)f(P)=g(Q). This is a generalization of previous results on elliptic divisibility sequences.

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@article{arxiv.2010.10175,
  title  = {Primitive divisors of sequences associated to elliptic curves with complex multiplication},
  author = {Matteo Verzobio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.10175},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

Minor changes. Final version of the paper. Published in Research in Number Theory