Quartic equations and 2-division on elliptic curves
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Publication:6206047
arXiv0706.4379MaRDI QIDQ6206047FDOQ6206047
Authors: G. H. Hitching 
Publication date: 29 June 2007
Abstract: Let K be a field of characteristic different from 2 and C an elliptic curve over K given by a Weierstrass equation. To divide an element of the group C by 2, one must solve a certain quartic equation. We characterise the quartics arising from this procedure and find how far the quartic determines the curve and the point. We find the quartics coming from 2-division of 2- and 3-torsion points, and generalise this correspondence to singular plane cubics. We use these results to study the question of which degree 4 maps of curves can be realised as duplication of a multisection on an elliptic surface.
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