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Torsion points on elliptic curves over number fields of small degree

Number Theory 2023-03-29 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We determine the set S(d)S(d) of possible prime orders of KK-rational points on elliptic curves over number fields KK of degree dd, for d=4d = 4, 55, 66, and 77.

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@article{arxiv.1707.00364,
  title  = {Torsion points on elliptic curves over number fields of small degree},
  author = {Maarten Derickx and Sheldon Kamienny and William Stein and Michael Stoll},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.00364},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

v2: Paper almost completely rewritten; exact determination of S(7) is new; added classification of elliptic curves over sextic fields with a point of order 37