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p-torsion in the Tate-Shafarevich group of supersingular elliptic curves

Let $E$ be a supersingular elliptic curve over $\mathbb{F}_p(t)$. Is something known on the $p$-torsion of the Tate–Shafarevich group in this case? In particular, I would like to know if (or if known ...
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modularity of elliptic curves over function fields in positive characteristic

Let $F$ be a global function field over a finite field, and $E$ be an elliptic curve over $F$. Much like the number field case, it is natural to study the Galois representation on the Tate module of $...
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Is there a nice proof of the fact that there are (p-1)/24 supersingular elliptic curves in characteristic p?

If $k$ is a characteristic $p$ field containing a subfield with $p^2$ elements (e.g., an algebraic closure of $\mathbb{F}_p$), then the number of isomorphism classes of supersingular elliptic curves ...
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What does "supersingular" mean?

Are supersingular primes and supersingular elliptic curves related? (this was essentially a subquestion in my earlier question, but still looks sufficiently different to me to deserve a separate post)...
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Ways to characterize supersingular primes?

I've read the definition, and it basically says p is a supersingular prime iff the fundamental domain of a group generated by \Gamma(p) and a matrix ((0, 1), (-p, 0)) is rational. And there's a ...