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Milo Moses
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What is the minimal model of $E:y^2=x^3-x-n$?

Given some natural number $n$ and the elliptic curve $E:y^2=x^3-x-n$, how can I find the minimal model of $E$? Obviously we can reduce all sixth powers of $p$, which reduces to another curve of the form $y^2=x^3-x-n$ with now

$$n'=\prod_{p^{\alpha}|n}p^{\alpha\,\,\mathrm{mod}(6)}$$

Is the curve $E':y^2=x^3-x-n!$ obtained in this fashion always going to be minimal?

Milo Moses
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