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The possible adelic indices for elliptic curves admitting a rational cyclic isogeny

Number Theory 2026-03-20 v2

Abstract

In the 1970s, Serre proved that the adelic index of a non-CM elliptic curve over a number field is finite. More recently, Zywina conjectured the complete set of adelic indices for such curves over Q\mathbb{Q}. In this article, we prove that Zywina's conjecture is true for the family of non-CM elliptic curves over Q\mathbb{Q} that admit a nontrivial rational cyclic isogeny. This strengthens a result of Lemos that resolved Serre's uniformity question for the same family of curves. Our proof proceeds by analyzing a collection of modular curves associated with each prime isogeny degree, using recent advances on \ell-adic images, isogeny-torsion graphs, and computations of models and rational points.

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@article{arxiv.2512.00652,
  title  = {The possible adelic indices for elliptic curves admitting a rational cyclic isogeny},
  author = {Kate Finnerty and Tyler Genao and Jacob Mayle and Rakvi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.00652},
  year   = {2026}
}

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34 pages, revised version