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Surjectivity of mod 2^n representations of elliptic curves

Number Theory 2013-09-23 v1

Abstract

For an elliptic curve E over Q, the Galois action on the l-power torsion points defines representations whose images are subgroups of GL_2(Z/l^n Z). There are three exceptional prime powers l^n=2,3,4 when surjectivity of the mod l^n representation does not imply that for l^(n+1). Elliptic curves with surjective mod 3 but not mod 9 representation have been classified by Elkies. The purpose of this note is to do this in the other two cases.

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@article{arxiv.1104.5031,
  title  = {Surjectivity of mod 2^n representations of elliptic curves},
  author = {Tim Dokchitser and Vladimir Dokchitser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.5031},
  year   = {2013}
}

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