Generators and splitting fields of certain elliptic K3 surfaces

Abstract: Let

m a t h c a l E

be an elliptic curve defined over

m a t h b b Q (t)

such that

m a t h c a l E (m a t h b b C (t))

, the set of

m a t h b b C (t)

-rational points of

m a t h c a l E

, is a finitely generated abelian group. The splitting field of

m a t h c a l E

over

m a t h b b Q (t)

is the smallest subfield

m a t h c a l K

of

m a t h b b C

for which

m a t h c a l E (m a t h b b C (t)) = m a t h c a l E (m a t h c a l K (t))

. It is known that

m a t h c a l K

is a Galois extension of

m a t h b b Q

with the finite Galois group

G = e x t r m G a l (m a t h c a l K | m a t h b b Q)

such that the

G

-invariant elements of

m a t h c a l E (m a t h c a l K (t))

are the

m a t h c a l E (m a t h b b Q (t))

-rational points. In this paper, we will determine the splitting field

{m a t h c a l K}_{n}

and find an explicit set of independent generators for the Mordell--Weil group

{m a t h c a l E}_{n} (m a t h c a l K_{n} (t))

of the elliptic K3 surfaces

{m a t h c a l E}_{n} : d i s p l a y s t y l e y^{2} = x^{3} + t^{n} + 1 / t^{n}

for

1 l e q n l e q 6

.

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