Local data of rational elliptic curves with nontrivial torsion

DOI10.2140/PJM.2022.318.1MaRDI QIDQ2160163zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alexander J. Barrios, Manami Roy

Publication date 3 August 2022

Published in Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.10337

zbMATH Keywords

elliptic curvesKodaira-Néron-typesTamagawa numbersTate's algorithm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elliptic curves over global fields (11G05) Elliptic curves over local fields (11G07) (L)-functions of varieties over global fields; Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture (11G40) Elliptic curves (14H52)

Abstract: By Mazur's Torsion Theorem, there are fourteen possibilities for the non-trivial torsion subgroup $T$ of a rational elliptic curve. For each $T$, such that $E$ may have additive reduction at a prime $p$, we consider a parameterized family $E_T$ of elliptic curves with the property that they parameterize all elliptic curves $E/mathbbQ$ which contain $T$ in their torsion subgroup. Using these parameterized families, we explicitly classify the Kodaira-N'{e}ron type, the conductor exponent, and the local Tamagawa number at each prime $p$ where $E/mathbbQ$ has additive reduction. As a consequence, we find all rational elliptic curves with a $2$-torsion or a $3$-torsion point that have global Tamagawa number $1$.

Review text

For an elliptic curve \(E\) over a local field, the local data such as the Kodaira-Néron type, the exponent of the conductor, and the local Tamagawa number can be set up by applying Tate's algorithm. If \(E\) is semi-stable, it is easy to obtain its local data. Otherwise, it is required tedious steps to attain a minimal model of \(E\) in applying Tate's algorithm, especially, in the cases of characteristic \(2\) or \(3\). In this article, for a rational elliptic curve \(E/\mathbb Q\) with a non-trivial rational torsion point, having additive reduction at a prime \(p\), the authors determine local data for \(E/\mathbb Q_p\). In [\textit{A. J. Barrios}, Res. Number Theory 8, No. 1, Paper No. 4, 39 p.(2022; Zbl 1490.11061)], for each non-trivial rational possible torsion group \(T\), the first author constructed a family of elliptic curves \(E_T\) parametrized by at most three parameters and gave necessary and sufficient conditions on the parameters of \(E_T\) that determine the primes \(p\) at which \(E_T\) has additive reduction. Every elliptic curve with a non-trivial rational torsion point, having additive reduction at some primes is isomorphic to a member of the family \(E_T\) for some \(T\). Therefore, they classify completely local data of members of \(E_T\) by the conditions on parameters of \(E_T\). As Corollaries to their results, they find all rational elliptic curves with a \(2-\) or \(3-\) torsion point that have global Tamagawa number \(c=1\). Together with the results of [\textit{D. Lorenzini}, Ann. Inst. Fourier 61, No. 5, 1995--2037 (2011; Zbl 1283.11088)], this gives a classification of all rational elliptic curves with a non-trivial torsion point which have global Tamagawa number \(c=1\). Further, their results permit to construct elliptic curves with prescribed local data. They show that there are infinitely many integers \(k\) such that the elliptic curve \(y^2=x^3+(4k+2)x^2-x\) has a \(2-\) torsion point and \(c=1\).

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