Modular Parametrizations of Neumann-Setzer Elliptic Curves

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2004-04-19

arxiv.org/abs/math/0404333v1

IMRN 2004, no. 27, 1395-1405

Mathematics

Number Theory

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Suppose $p$ is a prime of the form $u^2+64$ for some integer $u$, which we take to be 3 mod 4. Then there are two Neumann--Setzer elliptic curves $E_0$ and $E_1$ of prime conductor $p$, and both have Mordell--Weil group $\Z/2\Z$. There is a surjective map $X_0(p)\xrightarrow{\pi} E_0$ that does not factor through any other elliptic curve (i.e., $\pi$ is optimal), where $X_0(p)$ is the modular curve of level $p$. Our main result is that the degree of $\pi$ is odd if and only if $u \con 3\pmod{8}$. We also prove the prime-conductor case of a conjecture of Glenn Stevens, namely that that if $E$ is an elliptic curve of prime conductor $p$ then the optimal quotient of $X_1(p)$ in the isogeny class of $E$ is the curve with minimal Faltings height. Finally we discuss some conjectures and data about modular degrees and orders of Shafarevich--Tate groups of Neumann--Setzer curves.

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