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Explicit points on the Legendre curve III

Number Theory 2017-05-25 v3

Abstract

We continue our study of the Legendre elliptic curve y2=x(x+1)(x+t)y^2=x(x+1)(x+t) over function fields Kd=Fp(μd,t1/d)K_d=\mathbf{F}_p(\mu_d,t^{1/d}). When d=pf+1d=p^f+1, we have previously exhibited explicit points generating a subgroup VdV_d of E(Kd)E(K_d) of rank d2d-2 and of finite, pp-power index. We also proved the finiteness of III(E/Kd)III(E/K_d) and a class number formula: [E(Kd):Vd]2=III(E/Kd)[E(K_d):V_d]^2=|III(E/K_d)|. In this paper, we compute E(Kd)/VdE(K_d)/V_d and III(E/Kd)III(E/K_d) explicitly as modules over Zp[Gal(Kd/Fp(t))]\mathbf{Z}_p[\mathrm{Gal}(K_d/F_p(t))].

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@article{arxiv.1406.6674,
  title  = {Explicit points on the Legendre curve III},
  author = {Douglas Ulmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.6674},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

v3: Section added to correct an error in an intermediate result. Main results not affected

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