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An elliptic curve is a smooth, nonsingular projective curve of genus 1 with a specified point $\mathcal{O}$, defined over any field $K$. They form abelian groups under point addition. They are much studied in number theory, for example in cryptography and integer factorization.

An elliptic curve can be defined by an equation of the form: $$E:y^2=x^3+ax+b$$ with the discriminant $\triangle_E=-16(4a^3+27b^2)\ne 0$ so the curve is nonsingular, i.e. its graph has no cusps or intersections.

The elliptic curves with $a=0$ are .

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How to find points at infinity in projective coordinates for the $x^2 -3xy-2y^2-x+1=0$

How to find points at infinity in projective coordinates for this algebraic curve $x^2 -3xy-2y^2-x+1=0$ I don't know how to start! Any help will be appreciated.
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Computing the dual of frobenius endomorphism

There is an exercise in my course Elliptic Curves and I am not sure if I am doing it right. The question is as follows: Let $E$ be the elliptic curve over $\mathbb{F}_2$ given by $Y^2+Y=X^3$. (a) Compute the dual of its Frobenius endomorphism (b)…
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Elliptic Curves over Finite Fields as Two Cyclic Groups

Let $E$ be an elliptic curve over $\mathbb{F}_q$. I want to show $E(\mathbb{F}_q) \cong (\mathbb{Z}/m_1\mathbb{Z}) \times (\mathbb{Z}/m_2\mathbb{Z})$ where $m_1,m_2 \in \mathbb{Z}$ are such that $m_1 \mid m_2$; $m_1$ is the largest integer such…
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Help with getting the formula for rational point $(x,y)$ on the $y^2 = x^3$

How to find formula for rational point $(x,y)$ on the $y^2 = x^3$ in term of rational parameter $t$. And also how would I write in form of $(x,y) =(f(t),g(t))$
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Weierstrass form of elliptic curve with point with order larger than 3

L.S., Studying for my exam on elliptic curves, I tried to make exercise 8.13(a) of Silvermans "The Arithmatic of Elliptic Curves", which reads: Let $E$ be an elliptic curve defined over a field $k$, and let $P \in E(k)$ be a point of order at least…
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Elliptic curve characteristics 2 and 3

How can you show that if the characteristic of an elliptic curve $y^2 = x^3 + ax + b$ is 2 or 3 the equation fails? For characteristic 2 I know the equation must be written as $y^2 + ay = x^3 + bx^2 + cxy + dx + f$ but I'm not sure how to show it…
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how to prove that multiplication of points of an elliptic curve can be done with division polynomials

I'm trying to solve an exercise in the book The Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves by Joseph H. Silverman on the page 106. The exercise asks to prove that \begin{equation} nP=\left(…
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Is this an elliptic curve?

I am trying to learn what elliptic curves are. Sofar I have not had any luck understanding when a curve is elliptic and when it is not. Is this an elliptic curve? $$y^2 = \frac{x}{4}-\frac{17 x^2}{40}+\frac{23 x^3}{90}-\frac{23…
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Proof of Theorem III, 6.2 in Silvermans Arithmetic of Elliptic curves

In the proof of part c), I cannot make sense of the sentence "Then another way of saying that $\phi:E_1\to E_2$ is an isogeny is to note that $\phi(x_1,y_1)\in E_2(K(x_1,y_1))$." (In this situation, $\phi$ should be an isogeny between elliptic…
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Approximating the Rank

Let $$L(C,s)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{a_n}{n^s}$$ be the Dirichlet series of the Hasse--Weil L-function of an elliptic curve $C$ over $ℚ$. The modularity theorem implies that $L(C,s)$ is the $L$-function of a holomorphic cusp form for a congruence…
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The correct formula for lambda when point doubling?

When doubling a point on an elliptic curve, we use $\lambda$. But the equation I found in my book(Silverman and Tate, Rational Points on Elliptic Curves) isn't the same as the one I found when looking on the internet. Silverman and Tate's definition…
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Seeking graphics of elliptic curves as surfaces

Is there any place to go on line for good graphics of how a complex elliptic curve sits as an affine curve in $\mathbb{C}^2$? The mathematics is well discussed in Drawing elliptic curve and Is the real locus of an elliptic curve the intersection of…
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Silverman AEC Corollary 6.4

Quick question about Chapter 3 Corollary 6.4 [p. 86] in Silverman's Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves. I feel like I'm misreading it and would like clarification. He claims that for an elliptic curve E defined over K That $E[m] = \mathbb{Z}/m\mathbb{Z}…
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Show that there exists a constant $c$ such that for all $n \in \mathbb{Z}_+$ one has $\#\{\omega \in L\,\vert\,n \leq |\omega| \leq n + 1\} \leq cn$.

Let $L \subset \mathbb{C}$ be a lattice (i.e. $L = \{n\omega_1 + m\omega_2 \,\vert\, \omega_1, \omega_2 \in \mathbb{C},\, \omega_1 / \omega_2 \not\in \mathbb{R}, \, n,m \in \mathbb{Z}\}$). Show that there exists a constant $c$ such that for all $n…
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Prove the nonexistence of $p$-torsion for $p > 3$ in $E:y^2 = x^3 + ax$ for prime $a \geq 2$.

$$\Large\textbf{Problem}$$ Let $E$ be an elliptic curve defined by $y^2 = x^3 + ax$ where $a \in \mathbb{Z}$ is fourth-power free. Then \begin{aligned} E(\mathbb{Q})^{\text{tor}} = \left\{ \begin{array}{l l} \mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_2 &…
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