2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-94
Author(s):  
Dragos Ghioca

AbstractWe prove that the group of rational points of a non-isotrivial elliptic curve defined over the perfect closure of a function field in positive characteristic is finitely generated.


Author(s):  
Viliam Ďuriš ◽  
Timotej Šumný

In the modern theory of elliptic curves, one of the important problems is the determination of the number of rational points on an elliptic curve. The Mordel–Weil theorem [T. Shioda, On the Mordell–Weil lattices, Comment. Math. University St. Paul. 39(2) (1990) 211–240] points out that the elliptic curve defined above the rational points is generated by a finite group. Despite the knowledge that an elliptic curve has a final number of rational points, it is still difficult to determine their number and the way how to determine them. The greatest progress was achieved by Birch and Swinnerton–Dyer conjecture, which was included in the Millennium Prize Problems [A. Wiles, The Birch and Swinnerton–Dyer conjecture, The Millennium Prize Problems (American Mathematical Society, 2006), pp. 31–44]. This conjecture uses methods of the analytical theory of numbers, while the current knowledge corresponds to the assumptions of the conjecture but has not been proven to date. In this paper, we focus on using a tangent line and the osculating circle for characterizing the rational points of the elliptical curve, which is the greatest benefit of the contribution. We use a different view of elliptic curves by using Minkowki’s theory of number geometry [H. F. Blichfeldt, A new principle in the geometry of numbers, with some applications, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 15(3) (1914) 227–235; V. S. Miller, Use of elliptic curves in cryptography, in Proc. Advances in Cryptology — CRYPTO ’85, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 218 (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1985), pp. 417–426; E. Bombieri and W. Gubler, Heights in Diophantine Geometry, Vol. 670, 1st edn. (Cambridge University Press, 2007)].


2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (07) ◽  
pp. 1881-1894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse Patsolic ◽  
Jeremy Rouse

Given a quintic number field K/ℚ, we study the set of irreducible trinomials, polynomials of the form x5 + ax + b, that have a root in K. We show that there is a genus 4 curve CK whose rational points are in bijection with such trinomials. This curve CK maps to an elliptic curve defined over a number field, and using this map, we are able (in some cases) to determine all the rational points on CK using elliptic curve Chabauty.


2012 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 308-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Arene ◽  
David Kohel ◽  
Christophe Ritzenthaler

AbstractWe prove that under any projective embedding of an abelian variety A of dimension g, a complete set of addition laws has cardinality at least g+1, generalizing a result of Bosma and Lenstra for the Weierstrass model of an elliptic curve in ℙ2. In contrast, we prove, moreover, that if k is any field with infinite absolute Galois group, then there exists for every abelian variety A/k a projective embedding and an addition law defined for every pair of k-rational points. For an abelian variety of dimension 1 or 2, we show that this embedding can be the classical Weierstrass model or the embedding in ℙ15, respectively, up to a finite number of counterexamples for ∣k∣≤5 .


2012 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej Ulas

AbstractLet C be a hyperelliptic curve given by the equation y2 = f(x) for f ∈ ℤ[x] without multiple roots. We say that points Pi = (xi, yi) ∈ C(ℚ) for i = 1, 2, … , m are in arithmetic progression if the numbers xi for i = 1, 2, … , m are in arithmetic progression.In this paper we show that there exists a polynomial k ∈ ℤ[t] with the property that on the elliptic curve ε′ : y2 = x3+k(t) (defined over the field ℚ(t)) we can find four points in arithmetic progression that are independent in the group of all ℚ(t)-rational points on the curve Ε′. In particular this result generalizes earlier results of Lee and Vélez. We also show that if n ∈ ℕ is odd, then there are infinitely many k's with the property that on curves y2 = xn + k there are four rational points in arithmetic progressions. In the case when n is even we can find infinitely many k's such that on curves y2 = xn +k there are six rational points in arithmetic progression.


2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (A) ◽  
pp. 112-127
Author(s):  
Tom Fisher

AbstractIn this paper we give a new formula for adding $2$-coverings and $3$-coverings of elliptic curves that avoids the need for any field extensions. We show that the $6$-coverings obtained can be represented by pairs of cubic forms. We then prove a theorem on the existence of such models with integer coefficients and the same discriminant as a minimal model for the Jacobian elliptic curve. This work has applications to finding rational points of large height on elliptic curves.


1981 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Bertrand

This note extends classical results on certain Galois groups attached to onedimensional algebraic groups. We prove that the fields arising from the division of a fixed set of rational points on the product of an elliptic curve by the multiplicative group are as “large” as possible.


2012 ◽  
Vol 08 (04) ◽  
pp. 911-922
Author(s):  
EDRAY HERBER GOINS ◽  
KEVIN MUGO

Richard Guy asked for the largest set of points which can be placed in the plane so that their pairwise distances are rational numbers. In this article, we consider such a set of rational points restricted to a given hyperbola. To be precise, for rational numbers a, b, c, and d such that the quantity D = (ad - bc)/(2a2) is defined and non-zero, we consider rational distance sets on the conic section axy + bx + cy + d = 0. We show that, if the elliptic curve Y2 = X3 - D2X has infinitely many rational points, then there are infinitely many sets consisting of four rational points on the hyperbola such that their pairwise distances are rational numbers. We also show that any rational distance set of three such points can always be extended to a rational distance set of four such points.


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