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An elliptic curve is an algebraic curve of genus one with some additional properties. Questions with this tag will often have the top-level tags nt.number-theory or ag.algebraic-geometry. Note also the tag arithmetic-geometry as well as some related tags such as rational-points, abelian-varieties, heights. Please do not use this tag for questions related to ellipses; instead use conic-sections.

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Field of Definition of Quotient of Elliptic Curve

In Silverman's Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves, Chapter III, Proposition 4.12, we have the statement that if $E/F$ is an elliptic curve and $\Phi$ is a $\mathrm{Gal}(\bar{F}/F)$-invariant subgroup then …
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Primes of bad reduction for CM elliptic curves

$\DeclareMathOperator\Norm{Norm}$Suppose $E/\mathbb{Q}(j(E))$ is a CM elliptic curve and $d$ is a non-square. Let $E_d$ denote the twist of $E$ by $\mathbb{Q}(j(E))(\sqrt{d})$. I know if $d$ is relati …
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Isogenies of degree 3 of elliptic curves with j-invariant 0

Let $E/\mathbb{Q}$ be an elliptic curve with $j(E)=0$. I.e., $E$ has Weierstrass equations $$ y^2 = x^3+ B$$ for some $B\in \mathbb{Q}$. $E$ has complex multiplication by $\mathcal{O}:= \mbox{ ring o …
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Rank and Taylor coefficient in Birch and Swinnerton–Dyer

I am trying to get a better understanding of the Birch and Swinnerton–Dyer conjecture. I have two questions Why might one expect that the analytic rank of $L(E,s)$ is equal to the rank of $E(\mathbb{ …
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Supersingular curves over $\mathbb{F}_q$ and the splitting of $p$

I'm looking at chapter 4 of Waterhouse's "Abelian varieties over finite fields"; and Theorems 4.1 and 4.2 seem to use the following fact: Suppose that $E/\mathbb{F}_q$ is an elliptic curve over a fin …
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$F$-rational isogenies of CM Elliptic Curves

Let $F$ be a number field and $\mathcal{O}$ an order in an imaginary quadratic field $K$. Assume $K\subseteq F$. In Lang's Elliptic Functions, it is shown that over that there is a bijection between, …
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Fields of Definition of Elliptic Curves

I am currently studying the theory of complex multiplication and I find myself confused by the language in a lot of the literature. In Silverman's Advanced Topics in the Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves …
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Questions on the $j$-invariant

The j-invariant as a modular function is typically defined $$j(\tau) = \frac{E_4(\tau)^3}{\Delta(\tau)}$$ since $E_4$ is a modular form of weight 4 and $\Delta$ has weight 12, it follows that $j$ is a …
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Mazur's Question on Mod $N$ Galois representations

In Rational Isogenies of Prime Degree, Mazur poses: "the problem of determining all elliptic curves $E'/\mathbb{Q}$ with symplectic $\mathrm{Gal}(\bar{\mathbb{Q}}/\mathbb{Q})$ isomorphisms $E'[N]\con …
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