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Let $E / \mathbb{F}_p : y^2=x^3+2$.

Numerical evidence up to $2 \cdot 10^5$ suggests:

Conjecture: $\#E(\mathbb{F}_p) \in \{p,p+2\}$ iff $p$ is of the form $27a^2+27a+7$ for positive integer $a$.

Is the conjecture true?

GH from MO proved that if $p$ is of the given form the order is $p$ or $p+2$.

The sequence of primes is OEIS A275878 Standard Jacobi primes.

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This conjecture is also true. Let $p$ be a prime, and let me follow my proof of the previous conjecture.

If $p\not\equiv 1\pmod{3}$, then the map $x\mapsto x^3$ permutes the residues modulo $p$, hence in this case the affine elliptic curve $E$ modulo $p$ has $p$ points (i.e. the projective version has $p+1$ points).

If $p\equiv 1\pmod{3}$, then by the analysis of my proof, we need to prove: $$ J(\chi,\chi)+J(\overline{\chi},\overline{\chi})=\pm 1\qquad\Longleftrightarrow\qquad\text{$p=27a^2+27a+7$ for some $a\in\mathbb{N}$}.$$ We can write $4p$ uniquely as $u^2+27v^2$ with $u\equiv 1\pmod{3}$ and $v$ positive, and by Lemma 2.6 in Chapter 6 of Rose: A course in number theory (2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 1994), we can identify $u$ as $J(\chi,\chi)+J(\overline{\chi},\overline{\chi})$. Therefore, $$ J(\chi,\chi)+J(\overline{\chi},\overline{\chi})=\pm 1\qquad\Longleftrightarrow\qquad\text{$4p=1+27v^2$ for some $v\in\mathbb{N}$}.$$ The result is now immediate, because clearly \begin{align*}\text{$4p=1+27v^2$ for some $v\in\mathbb{N}$}&\qquad\Longleftrightarrow\qquad\text{$4p=1+27(2a+1)^2$ for some $a\in\mathbb{N}$}\\ &\qquad\Longleftrightarrow\qquad\text{$p=27a^2+27a+7$ for some $a\in\mathbb{N}$}. \end{align*}

The proof is complete.

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