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Rational points on certain elliptic surfaces

Number Theory 2015-05-13 v1

Abstract

Let Ef:y2=x3+f(t)x\mathcal{E}_{f}:y^2=x^3+f(t)x, where f\Q[t]\Qf\in\Q[t]\setminus\Q, and let us assume that \opdegf4\op{deg}f\leq 4. In this paper we prove that if \opdegf3\op{deg}f\leq 3, then there exists a rational base change tϕ(t)t\mapsto\phi(t) such that on the surface Efϕ\cal{E}_{f\circ\phi} there is a non-torsion section. A similar theorem is valid in case when \opdegf=4\op{deg}f=4 and there exists t0\Qt_{0}\in\Q such that infinitely many rational points lie on the curve Et0:y2=x3+f(t0)xE_{t_{0}}:y^2=x^3+f(t_{0})x. In particular, we prove that if \opdegf=4\op{deg}f=4 and ff is not an even polynomial, then there is a rational point on Ef\cal{E}_{f}. Next, we consider a surface Eg:y2=x3+g(t)\cal{E}^{g}:y^2=x^3+g(t), where g\Q[t]g\in\Q[t] is a monic polynomial of degree six. We prove that if the polynomial gg is not even, there is a rational base change tψ(t)t\mapsto\psi(t) such that on the surface Egψ\cal{E}^{g\circ\psi} there is a non-torsion section. Furthermore, if there exists t0\Qt_{0}\in\Q such that on the curve Et0:y2=x3+g(t0)E^{t_{0}}:y^2=x^3+g(t_{0}) there are infinitely many rational points, then the set of these t0t_{0} is infinite. We also present some results concerning diophantine equation of the form x2y3g(z)=tx^2-y^3-g(z)=t, where tt is a variable.

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@article{arxiv.0705.2955,
  title  = {Rational points on certain elliptic surfaces},
  author = {Maciej Ulas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.2955},
  year   = {2015}
}
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