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Section Rings of $\mathbb{Q}$-Divisors on Genus $1$ Curves

Number Theory 2024-03-05 v3

Abstract

We compute generators and relations for the section ring of a rational divisor on an elliptic curve. Our technique generalizes the work of O'Dorney (in genus zero) and Voight--Zureick-Brown (for specific divisors arising from the study of stacky curves). For effective divisors supported on at most two points, we give explicit descriptions of the generators and the leading terms of the relations for a minimal presentation. As in the genus zero case, the generators are parametrized by best lower approximations to the coefficients, but there are added wrinkles. Following Landesman, Ruhm and Zhang we can bound the degrees of generators for the section ring of an effective divisor supported at any finite number of points.

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@article{arxiv.2312.15128,
  title  = {Section Rings of $\mathbb{Q}$-Divisors on Genus $1$ Curves},
  author = {Michael Cerchia and Jesse Franklin and Evan O'Dorney},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.15128},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

30 pages, 5 figures. Amplified with new results since last version; intended to be submitted for publication