Surjectivity of mod 2ⁿ representations of elliptic curves

DOI10.1007/S00209-011-0967-7zbMATH Open1315.11046arXiv1104.5031OpenAlexW2080422738MaRDI QIDQ1925758FDOQ1925758

Vladimir Dokchitser, Tim Dokchitser

Publication date: 19 December 2012

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

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.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.5031

zbMATH Keywords

surjectivitytorsion modules of elliptic curves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galois representations (11F80) Elliptic curves over global fields (11G05) Global ground fields in algebraic geometry (14G25)

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