Minimal models of rational elliptic curves with non-trivial torsion

DOI10.1007/S40993-021-00296-4MaRDI QIDQ2065749zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Alexander J. Barrios

Publication date 13 January 2022

Published in Research in Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.01016

zbMATH Keywords

elliptic cuvesminimal modelstorsion group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elliptic curves over global fields (11G05) Elliptic curves over local fields (11G07)

Abstract: In this paper, we explicitly classify the minimal discriminants of all elliptic curves $E/mathbbQ$ with a non-trivial torsion subgroup. This is done by considering various parameterized families of elliptic curves with the property that they parameterize all elliptic curves $E/mathbbQ$ with a non-trivial torsion point. We follow this by giving admissible change of variables, which give a global minimal model for $E$. We also provide necessary and sufficient conditions on the parameters of these families to determine the primes at which $E$ has additive reduction. In addition, we use these parameterized families to give new proofs of results due to Frey and Flexor-Oesterl'{e} pertaining to the primes at which an elliptic curve over a number field $K$ with a non-trivial $K$-torsion point can have additive reduction.

Review text

The paper deals with a hands-on computation of minimal models of elliptic curves with a given non-trivial torsion subgroup. The computation of such a minimal model is interesting in itself for many reasons. Therefore, the results may be useful for anyone aiming to delve in torsion-related problems. Not surprisingly (at least for someone who has devoted some time to this kind of problems), the most complicated cases are those involving points of order \(2\), both in cyclic and non-cyclic structures. Some additional results which are obtained from the main ones involve the primes with additive reduction allowed, depending on the torsion structure, and some new proofs to long-known results by \textit{G. Frey} [Ann. Univ. Sarav., Ser. Math. 1, No. 1, 40 p. (1986; Zbl 0586.10010)] and \textit{M. Flexor} and \textit{J. Oesterlé} [in: Discriminant et conducteur des courbes elliptiques, Astérisque 183, 25--36 (1990; Zbl 0737.14004)]. The techniques are not particularly original, but the proofs are very well crafted with a great deal of attention to details. This makes the paper easy to read, in spite of its length.

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