# Elliptic curves over number fields¶

An elliptic curve $$E$$ over a number field $$K$$ can be given by a Weierstrass equation whose coefficients lie in $$K$$ or by using base_extend on an elliptic curve defined over a subfield.

One major difference to elliptic curves over $$\QQ$$ is that there might not exist a global minimal equation over $$K$$, when $$K$$ does not have class number one. Another difference is the lack of understanding of modularity for general elliptic curves over general number fields.

Currently Sage can obtain local information about $$E/K_v$$ for finite places $$v$$, it has an interface to Denis Simon’s script for 2-descent, it can compute the torsion subgroup of the Mordell-Weil group $$E(K)$$, and it can work with isogenies defined over $$K$$.

EXAMPLE:

sage: K.<i> = NumberField(x^2+1)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([0,4+i])
sage: E.discriminant()
-3456*i - 6480
sage: P= E([i,2])
sage: P+P
(-2*i + 9/16 : -9/4*i - 101/64 : 1)

sage: E.has_good_reduction(2+i)
True
sage: E.local_data(4+i)
Local data at Fractional ideal (i + 4):
Local minimal model: Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 = x^3 + (i+4) over Number Field in i with defining polynomial x^2 + 1
Minimal discriminant valuation: 2
Conductor exponent: 2
Kodaira Symbol: II
Tamagawa Number: 1
sage: E.tamagawa_product_bsd()
1

sage: E.simon_two_descent()
(1, 1, [(i : 2 : 1)])

sage: E.torsion_order()
1

sage: E.isogenies_prime_degree(3)
[Isogeny of degree 3 from Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 = x^3 + (i+4) over Number Field in i with defining polynomial x^2 + 1 to Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 = x^3 + (-27*i-108) over Number Field in i with defining polynomial x^2 + 1]


AUTHORS:

• John Cremona
• Chris Wuthrich

REFERENCE:

• [Sil] Silverman, Joseph H. The arithmetic of elliptic curves. Second edition. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 106. Springer, 2009.
• [Sil2] Silverman, Joseph H. Advanced topics in the arithmetic of elliptic curves. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 151. Springer, 1994.
class sage.schemes.elliptic_curves.ell_number_field.EllipticCurve_number_field(K, ainvs)

Elliptic curve over a number field.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<i>=NumberField(x^2+1)
sage: EllipticCurve([i, i - 1, i + 1, 24*i + 15, 14*i + 35])
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + i*x*y + (i+1)*y = x^3 + (i-1)*x^2 + (24*i+15)*x + (14*i+35) over Number Field in i with defining polynomial x^2 + 1

base_extend(R)

Return the base extension of self to $$R$$.

EXAMPLES:

sage: E = EllipticCurve('11a3')
sage: E.base_extend(K)
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + y = x^3 + (-1)*x^2 over Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^2 + 5


Check that non-torsion points are remembered when extending the base field (see trac ticket #16034):

sage: E = EllipticCurve([1, 0, 1, -1751, -31352])
sage: E.gens()
[(52 : 111 : 1)]
sage: EK = E.base_extend(K)
sage: EK.gens()
[(52 : 111 : 1)]

cm_discriminant()

Returns the CM discriminant of the $$j$$-invariant of this curve.

OUTPUT:

An integer $$D$$ which is either $$0$$ if this curve $$E$$ does not have Complex Multiplication) (CM), or an imaginary quadratic discriminant if $$j(E)$$ is the $$j$$-invariant of the order with discriminant $$D$$.

Note

If $$E$$ has CM but the discriminant $$D$$ is not a square in the base field $$K$$ then the extra endomorphisms will not be defined over $$K$$. See also has_rational_cm().

EXAMPLES:

sage: EllipticCurve(j=0).cm_discriminant()
-3
sage: EllipticCurve(j=1).cm_discriminant()
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + x*y = x^3 + 36*x + 3455 over Rational Field does not have CM
sage: EllipticCurve(j=1728).cm_discriminant()
-4
sage: EllipticCurve(j=8000).cm_discriminant()
-8
sage: EllipticCurve(j=282880*a + 632000).cm_discriminant()
-20
sage: K.<a> = NumberField(x^3 - 2)
sage: EllipticCurve(j=31710790944000*a^2 + 39953093016000*a + 50337742902000).cm_discriminant()
-108

conductor()

Returns the conductor of this elliptic curve as a fractional ideal of the base field.

OUTPUT:

(fractional ideal) The conductor of the curve.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<i>=NumberField(x^2+1)
sage: EllipticCurve([i, i - 1, i + 1, 24*i + 15, 14*i + 35]).conductor()
Fractional ideal (21*i - 3)
sage: K.<a>=NumberField(x^2-x+3)
sage: EllipticCurve([1 + a , -1 + a , 1 + a , -11 + a , 5 -9*a  ]).conductor()
Fractional ideal (-6*a)


A not so well known curve with everywhere good reduction:

sage: K.<a>=NumberField(x^2-38)
sage: E=EllipticCurve([0,0,0, 21796814856932765568243810*a - 134364590724198567128296995, 121774567239345229314269094644186997594*a - 750668847495706904791115375024037711300])
sage: E.conductor()
Fractional ideal (1)


An example which used to fail (see trac ticket #5307):

sage: K.<w>=NumberField(x^2+x+6)
sage: E=EllipticCurve([w,-1,0,-w-6,0])
sage: E.conductor()
Fractional ideal (86304, w + 5898)


An example raised in trac ticket #11346:

sage: K.<g> = NumberField(x^2 - x - 1)
sage: E1 = EllipticCurve(K,[0,0,0,-1/48,-161/864])
sage: [(p.smallest_integer(),e) for p,e in E1.conductor().factor()]
[(2, 4), (3, 1), (5, 1)]

division_field(p, names, map=False, **kwds)

Given an elliptic curve over a number field $$F$$ and a prime number $$p$$, construct the field $$F(E[p])$$.

INPUT:

• p – a prime number (an element of $$\ZZ$$)
• names – a variable name for the number field
• map – (default: False) also return an embedding of the base_field() into the resulting field.
• kwds – additional keywords passed to sage.rings.number_field.splitting_field.splitting_field().

OUTPUT:

If map is False, the division field as an absolute number field. If map is True, a tuple (K, phi) where phi is an embedding of the base field in the division field K.

Warning

This takes a very long time when the degree of the division field is large (e.g. when $$p$$ is large or when the Galois representation is surjective). The simplify flag also has a big influence on the running time: sometimes simplify=False is faster, sometimes simplify=True (the default) is faster.

EXAMPLES:

The 2-division field is the same as the splitting field of the 2-division polynomial (therefore, it has degree 1, 2, 3 or 6):

sage: E = EllipticCurve('15a1')
sage: K.<b> = E.division_field(2); K
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x
sage: E = EllipticCurve('14a1')
sage: K.<b> = E.division_field(2); K
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^2 + 5*x + 92
sage: E = EllipticCurve('196b1')
sage: K.<b> = E.division_field(2); K
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^3 + x^2 - 114*x - 127
sage: E = EllipticCurve('19a1')
sage: K.<b> = E.division_field(2); K
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^6 + 10*x^5 + 24*x^4 - 212*x^3 + 1364*x^2 + 24072*x + 104292


For odd primes $$p$$, the division field is either the splitting field of the $$p$$-division polynomial, or a quadratic extension of it.

sage: E = EllipticCurve('50a1')
sage: F.<a> = E.division_polynomial(3).splitting_field(simplify_all=True); F
Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^6 - 3*x^5 + 4*x^4 - 3*x^3 - 2*x^2 + 3*x + 3
sage: K.<b> = E.division_field(3, simplify_all=True); K
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^6 - 3*x^5 + 4*x^4 - 3*x^3 - 2*x^2 + 3*x + 3


If we take any quadratic twist, the splitting field of the 3-division polynomial remains the same, but the 3-division field becomes a quadratic extension:

sage: E = E.quadratic_twist(5)  # 50b3
sage: F.<a> = E.division_polynomial(3).splitting_field(simplify_all=True); F
Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^6 - 3*x^5 + 4*x^4 - 3*x^3 - 2*x^2 + 3*x + 3
sage: K.<b> = E.division_field(3, simplify_all=True); K
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^12 - 3*x^11 + 8*x^10 - 15*x^9 + 30*x^8 - 63*x^7 + 109*x^6 - 144*x^5 + 150*x^4 - 120*x^3 + 68*x^2 - 24*x + 4


Try another quadratic twist, this time over a subfield of $$F$$:

sage: G.<c>,_,_ = F.subfields(3)[0]
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 = x^3 + 5*a0*x^2 + (-200*a0^2)*x + (-42000*a0^2+42000*a0+126000) over Number Field in a0 with defining polynomial x^3 - 3*x^2 + 3*x + 9
sage: K.<b> = E.division_field(3, simplify_all=True); K
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^12 - 10*x^10 + 55*x^8 - 60*x^6 + 75*x^4 + 1350*x^2 + 2025


Some higher-degree examples:

sage: E = EllipticCurve('11a1')
sage: K.<b> = E.division_field(2); K
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^6 + 2*x^5 - 48*x^4 - 436*x^3 + 1668*x^2 + 28792*x + 73844
sage: K.<b> = E.division_field(3); K  # long time (3s on sage.math, 2014)
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^48 ...
sage: K.<b> = E.division_field(5); K
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^4 - x^3 + x^2 - x + 1
sage: E.division_field(5, 'b', simplify=False)
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^4 + x^3 + 11*x^2 + 41*x + 101
sage: E.base_extend(K).torsion_subgroup()  # long time (2s on sage.math, 2014)
Torsion Subgroup isomorphic to Z/5 + Z/5 associated to the Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + y = x^3 + (-1)*x^2 + (-10)*x + (-20) over Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^4 - x^3 + x^2 - x + 1

sage: E = EllipticCurve('27a1')
sage: K.<b> = E.division_field(3); K
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^2 + 3*x + 9
sage: K.<b> = E.division_field(2); K
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^6 + 6*x^5 + 24*x^4 - 52*x^3 - 228*x^2 + 744*x + 3844
sage: K.<b> = E.division_field(2, simplify_all=True); K
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^6 - 3*x^5 + 5*x^3 - 3*x + 1
sage: K.<b> = E.division_field(5); K   # long time (4s on sage.math, 2014)
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^48 ...
sage: K.<b> = E.division_field(7); K  # long time (8s on sage.math, 2014)
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^72 ...


Over a number field:

sage: R.<x> = PolynomialRing(QQ)
sage: K.<i> = NumberField(x^2 + 1)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([0,0,0,0,i])
sage: L.<b> = E.division_field(2); L
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^4 - x^2 + 1
sage: L.<b>, phi = E.division_field(2, map=True); phi
Ring morphism:
From: Number Field in i with defining polynomial x^2 + 1
To:   Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^4 - x^2 + 1
Defn: i |--> -b^3
sage: L.<b>, phi = E.division_field(3, map=True)
sage: L
Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^24 - 6*x^22 - 12*x^21 - 21*x^20 + 216*x^19 + 48*x^18 + 804*x^17 + 1194*x^16 - 13488*x^15 + 21222*x^14 + 44196*x^13 - 47977*x^12 - 102888*x^11 + 173424*x^10 - 172308*x^9 + 302046*x^8 + 252864*x^7 - 931182*x^6 + 180300*x^5 + 879567*x^4 - 415896*x^3 + 1941012*x^2 + 650220*x + 443089
sage: phi
Ring morphism:
From: Number Field in i with defining polynomial x^2 + 1
To:   Number Field in b with defining polynomial x^24 ...
Defn: i |--> -215621657062634529/183360797284413355040732*b^23 ...


AUTHORS:

• Jeroen Demeyer (2014-01-06): trac ticket #11905, use splitting_field method, moved from gal_reps.py, make it work over number fields.
galois_representation()

The compatible family of the Galois representation attached to this elliptic curve.

Given an elliptic curve $$E$$ over a number field $$K$$ and a rational prime number $$p$$, the $$p^n$$-torsion $$E[p^n]$$ points of $$E$$ is a representation of the absolute Galois group of $$K$$. As $$n$$ varies we obtain the Tate module $$T_p E$$ which is a a representation of $$G_K$$ on a free $$\ZZ_p$$-module of rank $$2$$. As $$p$$ varies the representations are compatible.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K = NumberField(x**2 + 1, 'a')
sage: E = EllipticCurve('11a1').change_ring(K)
sage: rho = E.galois_representation()
sage: rho
Compatible family of Galois representations associated to the Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + y = x^3 + (-1)*x^2 + (-10)*x + (-20) over Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^2 + 1
sage: rho.is_surjective(3)
True
sage: rho.is_surjective(5)  # long time (4s on sage.math, 2014)
False
sage: rho.non_surjective()
[5]

gens(**kwds)

Return some points of infinite order on this elliptic curve.

Contrary to what the name of this method suggests, the points it returns do not always generate a subgroup of full rank in the Mordell-Weil group, nor are they necessarily linearly independent. Moreover, the number of points can be smaller or larger than what one could expect after calling rank() or rank_bounds().

Note

The optional parameters control the Simon two descent algorithm; see the documentation of simon_two_descent() for more details.

INPUT:

• verbose – 0, 1, 2, or 3 (default: 0), the verbosity level
• lim1 – (default: 2) limit on trivial points on quartics
• lim3 – (default: 4) limit on points on ELS quartics
• limtriv – (default: 2) limit on trivial points on elliptic curve
• maxprob – (default: 20)
• limbigprime – (default: 30) to distinguish between small and large prime numbers. Use probabilistic tests for large primes. If 0, don’t use probabilistic tests.
• known_points – (default: None) list of known points on the curve

OUTPUT:

A set of points of infinite order given by the Simon two-descent.

Note

For non-quadratic number fields, this code does return, but it takes a long time.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<a> = NumberField(x^2 + 23, 'a')
sage: E = EllipticCurve(K, '37')
True
sage: E.gens()
[(0 : 0 : 1), (1/8*a + 5/8 : -3/16*a - 7/16 : 1)]


It can happen that no points are found if the height bounds used in the search are too small (see trac ticket #10745):

sage: K.<y> = NumberField(x^4 + x^2 - 7)
sage: E = EllipticCurve(K, [1, 0, 5*y^2 + 16, 0, 0])
sage: E.gens(lim1=1, lim3=1)
[]
sage: E.rank(), E.gens()  # long time (about 3 s)
(1, [(9/25*y^2 + 26/25 : -229/125*y^3 - 67/25*y^2 - 731/125*y - 213/25 : 1)])


Here is a curve of rank 2, yet the list contains many points:

sage: K.<t> = NumberField(x^2-17)
sage: E = EllipticCurve(K,[-4,0])
sage: E.gens()
[(-1/2*t + 1/2 : -1/2*t + 1/2 : 1),
(-2*t + 8 : -8*t + 32 : 1),
(1/2*t + 3/2 : -1/2*t - 7/2 : 1),
(-1/8*t - 7/8 : -1/16*t - 23/16 : 1),
(1/8*t - 7/8 : -1/16*t + 23/16 : 1),
(t + 3 : -2*t - 10 : 1),
(2*t + 8 : -8*t - 32 : 1),
(1/2*t + 1/2 : -1/2*t - 1/2 : 1),
(-1/2*t + 3/2 : -1/2*t + 7/2 : 1),
(t + 7 : -4*t - 20 : 1),
(-t + 7 : -4*t + 20 : 1),
(-t + 3 : -2*t + 10 : 1)]
sage: E.rank()
2


Test that points of finite order are not included (see trac ticket #13593):

sage: E = EllipticCurve("17a3")
sage: K.<t> = NumberField(x^2+3)
sage: EK = E.base_extend(K)
sage: EK.rank()
0
sage: EK.gens()
[]


IMPLEMENTATION:

Uses Denis Simon’s PARI/GP scripts from http://www.math.unicaen.fr/~simon/.

global_integral_model()

Return a model of self which is integral at all primes.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<i> = NumberField(x^2+1)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([i/5,i/5,i/5,i/5,i/5])
sage: P1,P2 = K.primes_above(5)
sage: E.global_integral_model()
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + (-i)*x*y + (-25*i)*y = x^3 + 5*i*x^2 + 125*i*x + 3125*i over Number Field in i with defining polynomial x^2 + 1

sage: K.<a> = NumberField(x^2-38)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([a,1/2])
sage: E.global_integral_model()
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 = x^3 + 1444*a*x + 27436 over Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^2 - 38

sage: K.<s> = NumberField(x^2-5)
sage: w = (1+s)/2
sage: E = EllipticCurve(K,[2,w])
sage: E.global_integral_model()
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 = x^3 + 2*x + (1/2*s+1/2) over Number Field in s with defining polynomial x^2 - 5

sage: K.<v> = NumberField(x^2 + 161*x - 150)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([25105/216*v - 3839/36, 634768555/7776*v - 98002625/1296, 634768555/7776*v - 98002625/1296, 0, 0])
sage: E.global_integral_model()
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + (2094779518028859*v-1940492905300351)*x*y + (477997268472544193101178234454165304071127500*v-442791377441346852919930773849502871958097500)*y = x^3 + (26519784690047674853185542622500*v-24566525306469707225840460652500)*x^2 over Number Field in v with defining polynomial x^2 + 161*x - 150

sage: R.<t> = QQ[]
sage: K.<g> = NumberField(t^4 - t^3 - 3*t^2 - t + 1)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([ -43/625*g^3 + 14/625*g^2 - 4/625*g + 706/625, -4862/78125*g^3 - 4074/78125*g^2 - 711/78125*g + 10304/78125,  -4862/78125*g^3 - 4074/78125*g^2 - 711/78125*g + 10304/78125, 0,0])
sage: E.global_integral_model()
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + (15*g^3-48*g-42)*x*y + (-111510*g^3-162162*g^2-44145*g+37638)*y = x^3 + (-954*g^3-1134*g^2+81*g+576)*x^2 over Number Field in g with defining polynomial t^4 - t^3 - 3*t^2 - t + 1

global_minimal_model(proof=None)

Returns a model of self that is integral, minimal at all primes.

Note

This is only implemented for class number 1. In general, such a model may or may not exist.

INPUT:

• proof – whether to only use provably correct methods (default controlled by global proof module). Note that the proof module is number_field, not elliptic_curves, since the functions that actually need the flag are in number fields.

OUTPUT:

A global integral and minimal model.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<a> = NumberField(x^2-38)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([0,0,0, 21796814856932765568243810*a - 134364590724198567128296995, 121774567239345229314269094644186997594*a - 750668847495706904791115375024037711300])

sage: E2 = E.global_minimal_model()
sage: E2 # random (the global minimal model is not unique)
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + a*x*y + (a+1)*y = x^3 + (a+1)*x^2 + (368258520200522046806318444*a-2270097978636731786720859345)*x + (8456608930173478039472018047583706316424*a-52130038506793883217874390501829588391299) over Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^2 - 38

sage: E2.local_data()
[]

sage: K.<g> = NumberField(x^2 - x - 1)
sage: E = EllipticCurve(K,[0,0,0,-1/48,161/864]).integral_model().global_minimal_model(); E
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + x*y + y = x^3 + x^2 over Number Field in g with defining polynomial x^2 - x - 1
sage: [(p.norm(), e) for p, e in E.conductor().factor()]
[(9, 1), (5, 1)]
sage: [(p.norm(), e) for p, e in E.discriminant().factor()]
[(-5, 2), (9, 1)]


See trac ticket #14472, this used not to work over a relative extension:

sage: K1.<w> = NumberField(x^2+x+1)
sage: m = polygen(K1)
sage: K2.<v> = K1.extension(m^2-w+1)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([0*v,-432])
sage: E.global_minimal_model()
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + (v+w+1)*y = x^3 + ((6*w-10)*v+16*w+20) over Number Field in v with defining polynomial x^2 - w + 1 over its base field


Return True if this elliptic curve has (bad) additive reduction at the prime $$P$$.

INPUT:

• P – a prime ideal of the base field of self, or a field element generating such an ideal.

OUTPUT:

(bool) True if the curve has additive reduction at $$P$$, else False.

EXAMPLES:

sage: E=EllipticCurve('27a1')
sage: [(p,E.has_additive_reduction(p)) for p in prime_range(15)]
[(2, False), (3, True), (5, False), (7, False), (11, False), (13, False)]

sage: K.<a>=NumberField(x^3-2)
sage: P17a, P17b = [P for P,e in K.factor(17)]
sage: E = EllipticCurve([0,0,0,0,2*a+1])
sage: [(p,E.has_additive_reduction(p)) for p in [P17a,P17b]]
[(Fractional ideal (4*a^2 - 2*a + 1), False),
(Fractional ideal (2*a + 1), True)]


Return True if this elliptic curve has bad reduction at the prime $$P$$.

INPUT:

• P – a prime ideal of the base field of self, or a field element generating such an ideal.

OUTPUT:

(bool) True if the curve has bad reduction at $$P$$, else False.

Note

This requires determining a local integral minimal model; we do not just check that the discriminant of the current model has valuation zero.

EXAMPLES:

sage: E=EllipticCurve('14a1')
sage: [(p,E.has_bad_reduction(p)) for p in prime_range(15)]
[(2, True), (3, False), (5, False), (7, True), (11, False), (13, False)]

sage: K.<a>=NumberField(x^3-2)
sage: P17a, P17b = [P for P,e in K.factor(17)]
sage: E = EllipticCurve([0,0,0,0,2*a+1])
sage: [(p,E.has_bad_reduction(p)) for p in [P17a,P17b]]
[(Fractional ideal (4*a^2 - 2*a + 1), False),
(Fractional ideal (2*a + 1), True)]

has_cm()

Returns whether or not this curve has a CM $$j$$-invariant.

OUTPUT:

True if this curve has CM over the algebraic closure of the base field, otherwise False. See also cm_discriminant() and has_rational_cm().

Note

Even if $$E$$ has CM in this sense (that its $$j$$-invariant is a CM $$j$$-invariant), since the associated negative discriminant $$D$$ is not a square in the base field $$K$$, the extra endomorphisms will not be defined over $$K$$. See also the method has_rational_cm() which tests whether $$E$$ has extra endomorphisms defined over $$K$$ or a given extension of $$K$$.

EXAMPLES:

sage: EllipticCurve(j=0).has_cm()
True
sage: EllipticCurve(j=1).has_cm()
False
sage: EllipticCurve(j=1728).has_cm()
True
sage: EllipticCurve(j=8000).has_cm()
True
sage: EllipticCurve(j=282880*a + 632000).has_cm()
True
sage: K.<a> = NumberField(x^3 - 2)
sage: EllipticCurve(j=31710790944000*a^2 + 39953093016000*a + 50337742902000).has_cm()
True

has_good_reduction(P)

Return True if this elliptic curve has good reduction at the prime $$P$$.

INPUT:

• P – a prime ideal of the base field of self, or a field element generating such an ideal.

OUTPUT:

(bool) – True if the curve has good reduction at $$P$$, else False.

Note

This requires determining a local integral minimal model; we do not just check that the discriminant of the current model has valuation zero.

EXAMPLES:

sage: E=EllipticCurve('14a1')
sage: [(p,E.has_good_reduction(p)) for p in prime_range(15)]
[(2, False), (3, True), (5, True), (7, False), (11, True), (13, True)]

sage: K.<a>=NumberField(x^3-2)
sage: P17a, P17b = [P for P,e in K.factor(17)]
sage: E = EllipticCurve([0,0,0,0,2*a+1])
sage: [(p,E.has_good_reduction(p)) for p in [P17a,P17b]]
[(Fractional ideal (4*a^2 - 2*a + 1), True),
(Fractional ideal (2*a + 1), False)]

has_multiplicative_reduction(P)

Return True if this elliptic curve has (bad) multiplicative reduction at the prime $$P$$.

Note

INPUT:

• P – a prime ideal of the base field of self, or a field

element generating such an ideal.

OUTPUT:

(bool) True if the curve has multiplicative reduction at $$P$$, else False.

EXAMPLES:

sage: E=EllipticCurve('14a1')
sage: [(p,E.has_multiplicative_reduction(p)) for p in prime_range(15)]
[(2, True), (3, False), (5, False), (7, True), (11, False), (13, False)]

sage: K.<a>=NumberField(x^3-2)
sage: P17a, P17b = [P for P,e in K.factor(17)]
sage: E = EllipticCurve([0,0,0,0,2*a+1])
sage: [(p,E.has_multiplicative_reduction(p)) for p in [P17a,P17b]]
[(Fractional ideal (4*a^2 - 2*a + 1), False), (Fractional ideal (2*a + 1), False)]

has_nonsplit_multiplicative_reduction(P)

Return True if this elliptic curve has (bad) non-split multiplicative reduction at the prime $$P$$.

INPUT:

• P – a prime ideal of the base field of self, or a field element generating such an ideal.

OUTPUT:

(bool) True if the curve has non-split multiplicative reduction at $$P$$, else False.

EXAMPLES:

sage: E=EllipticCurve('14a1')
sage: [(p,E.has_nonsplit_multiplicative_reduction(p)) for p in prime_range(15)]
[(2, True), (3, False), (5, False), (7, False), (11, False), (13, False)]

sage: K.<a>=NumberField(x^3-2)
sage: P17a, P17b = [P for P,e in K.factor(17)]
sage: E = EllipticCurve([0,0,0,0,2*a+1])
sage: [(p,E.has_nonsplit_multiplicative_reduction(p)) for p in [P17a,P17b]]
[(Fractional ideal (4*a^2 - 2*a + 1), False), (Fractional ideal (2*a + 1), False)]

has_rational_cm(field=None)

Returns whether or not this curve has CM defined over its base field or a given extension.

INPUT:

• field – a field, which should be an extension of the base field of the curve. If field is None (the default), it is taken to be the base field of the curve.

OUTPUT:

True if the ring of endomorphisms of this curve over the given field is larger than $$\ZZ$$; otherwise False. See also cm_discriminant() and has_cm().

Note

If $$E$$ has CM but the discriminant $$D$$ is not a square in the given field $$K$$ then the extra endomorphisms will not be defined over $$K$$, and this function will return False. See also has_cm(). To obtain the CM discriminant, use cm_discriminant().

EXAMPLES:

sage: E = EllipticCurve(j=0)
sage: E.has_cm()
True
sage: E.has_rational_cm()
False
sage: D = E.cm_discriminant(); D
-3
True

sage: E = EllipticCurve(j=1728)
sage: E.has_cm()
True
sage: E.has_rational_cm()
False
sage: D = E.cm_discriminant(); D
-4
True


Higher degree examples:

sage: K.<a> = QuadraticField(5)
sage: E = EllipticCurve(j=282880*a + 632000)
sage: E.has_cm()
True
sage: E.has_rational_cm()
False
sage: E.cm_discriminant()
-20
sage: E.has_rational_cm(K.extension(x^2+5,'b'))
True


An error is raised if a field is given which is not an extension of the base field:

sage: E.has_rational_cm(QuadraticField(-20))
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: Error in has_rational_cm: Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^2 + 20 is not an extension field of Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^2 - 5

sage: K.<a> = NumberField(x^3 - 2)
sage: E = EllipticCurve(j=31710790944000*a^2 + 39953093016000*a + 50337742902000)
sage: E.has_cm()
True
sage: E.has_rational_cm()
False
sage: D = E.cm_discriminant(); D
-108
sage: E.has_rational_cm(K.extension(x^2+108,'b'))
True

has_split_multiplicative_reduction(P)

Return True if this elliptic curve has (bad) split multiplicative reduction at the prime $$P$$.

INPUT:

• P – a prime ideal of the base field of self, or a field element generating such an ideal.

OUTPUT:

(bool) True if the curve has split multiplicative reduction at $$P$$, else False.

EXAMPLES:

sage: E=EllipticCurve('14a1')
sage: [(p,E.has_split_multiplicative_reduction(p)) for p in prime_range(15)]
[(2, False), (3, False), (5, False), (7, True), (11, False), (13, False)]

sage: K.<a>=NumberField(x^3-2)
sage: P17a, P17b = [P for P,e in K.factor(17)]
sage: E = EllipticCurve([0,0,0,0,2*a+1])
sage: [(p,E.has_split_multiplicative_reduction(p)) for p in [P17a,P17b]]
[(Fractional ideal (4*a^2 - 2*a + 1), False), (Fractional ideal (2*a + 1), False)]

height_function()

Return the canonical height function attached to self.

EXAMPLE:

sage: K.<a> = NumberField(x^2 - 5)
sage: E = EllipticCurve(K, '11a3')
sage: E.height_function()
EllipticCurveCanonicalHeight object associated to Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + y = x^3 + (-1)*x^2 over Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^2 - 5

height_pairing_matrix(points=None, precision=None)

Returns the height pairing matrix of the given points.

INPUT:

• points - either a list of points, which must be on this curve, or (default) None, in which case self.gens() will be used.
• precision - number of bits of precision of result (default: None, for default RealField precision)

EXAMPLES:

sage: E = EllipticCurve([0, 0, 1, -1, 0])
sage: E.height_pairing_matrix()
[0.0511114082399688]


For rank 0 curves, the result is a valid 0x0 matrix:

sage: EllipticCurve('11a').height_pairing_matrix()
[]
sage: E=EllipticCurve('5077a1')
sage: E.height_pairing_matrix([E.lift_x(x) for x in [-2,-7/4,1]], precision=100)
[  1.3685725053539301120518194471  -1.3095767070865761992624519454 -0.63486715783715592064475542573]
[ -1.3095767070865761992624519454   2.7173593928122930896610589220   1.0998184305667292139777571432]
[-0.63486715783715592064475542573   1.0998184305667292139777571432  0.66820516565192793503314205089]

sage: E = EllipticCurve('389a1')
sage: E = EllipticCurve('389a1')
sage: P,Q = E.point([-1,1,1]),E.point([0,-1,1])
sage: E.height_pairing_matrix([P,Q])
[0.686667083305587 0.268478098806726]
[0.268478098806726 0.327000773651605]


Over a number field:

sage: x = polygen(QQ)
sage: K.<t> = NumberField(x^2+47)
sage: EK = E.base_extend(K)
sage: EK.height_pairing_matrix([EK(P),EK(Q)])
[0.686667083305587 0.268478098806726]
[0.268478098806726 0.327000773651605]

sage: K.<i> = QuadraticField(-1)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([0,0,0,i,i])
sage: P = E(-9+4*i,-18-25*i)
sage: Q = E(i,-i)
sage: E.height_pairing_matrix([P,Q])
[  2.16941934493768 -0.870059380421505]
[-0.870059380421505  0.424585837470709]
sage: E.regulator_of_points([P,Q])
0.164101403936070

integral_model()

Return a model of self which is integral at all primes.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<i> = NumberField(x^2+1)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([i/5,i/5,i/5,i/5,i/5])
sage: P1,P2 = K.primes_above(5)
sage: E.global_integral_model()
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + (-i)*x*y + (-25*i)*y = x^3 + 5*i*x^2 + 125*i*x + 3125*i over Number Field in i with defining polynomial x^2 + 1

sage: K.<a> = NumberField(x^2-38)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([a,1/2])
sage: E.global_integral_model()
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 = x^3 + 1444*a*x + 27436 over Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^2 - 38

sage: K.<s> = NumberField(x^2-5)
sage: w = (1+s)/2
sage: E = EllipticCurve(K,[2,w])
sage: E.global_integral_model()
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 = x^3 + 2*x + (1/2*s+1/2) over Number Field in s with defining polynomial x^2 - 5

sage: K.<v> = NumberField(x^2 + 161*x - 150)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([25105/216*v - 3839/36, 634768555/7776*v - 98002625/1296, 634768555/7776*v - 98002625/1296, 0, 0])
sage: E.global_integral_model()
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + (2094779518028859*v-1940492905300351)*x*y + (477997268472544193101178234454165304071127500*v-442791377441346852919930773849502871958097500)*y = x^3 + (26519784690047674853185542622500*v-24566525306469707225840460652500)*x^2 over Number Field in v with defining polynomial x^2 + 161*x - 150

sage: R.<t> = QQ[]
sage: K.<g> = NumberField(t^4 - t^3 - 3*t^2 - t + 1)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([ -43/625*g^3 + 14/625*g^2 - 4/625*g + 706/625, -4862/78125*g^3 - 4074/78125*g^2 - 711/78125*g + 10304/78125,  -4862/78125*g^3 - 4074/78125*g^2 - 711/78125*g + 10304/78125, 0,0])
sage: E.global_integral_model()
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + (15*g^3-48*g-42)*x*y + (-111510*g^3-162162*g^2-44145*g+37638)*y = x^3 + (-954*g^3-1134*g^2+81*g+576)*x^2 over Number Field in g with defining polynomial t^4 - t^3 - 3*t^2 - t + 1

is_global_integral_model()

Return true iff self is integral at all primes.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<i> = NumberField(x^2+1)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([i/5,i/5,i/5,i/5,i/5])
sage: P1,P2 = K.primes_above(5)
sage: Emin = E.global_integral_model()
sage: Emin.is_global_integral_model()
True

is_isogenous(other, proof=True, maxnorm=100)

Returns whether or not self is isogenous to other.

INPUT:

• other – another elliptic curve.
• proof (default True) – If False, the function will return True whenever the two curves have the same conductor and are isogenous modulo $$p$$ for all primes $$p$$ of norm up to maxp. If True, the function returns False when the previous condition does not hold, and if it does hold we attempt to see if the curves are indeed isogenous. However, this has not been fully implemented (see examples below), so we may not be able to determine whether or not the curves are isogenous..
• maxnorm (integer, default 100) – The maximum norm of primes $$p$$ for which isogeny modulo $$p$$ will be checked.

OUTPUT:

(bool) True if there is an isogeny from curve self to curve other.

EXAMPLES:

sage: x = polygen(QQ, 'x')
sage: F = NumberField(x^2 -2, 's'); F
Number Field in s with defining polynomial x^2 - 2
sage: E1 = EllipticCurve(F, [7,8])
sage: E2 = EllipticCurve(F, [0,5,0,1,0])
sage: E3 = EllipticCurve(F, [0,-10,0,21,0])
sage: E1.is_isogenous(E2)
False
sage: E1.is_isogenous(E1)
True
sage: E2.is_isogenous(E2)
True
sage: E2.is_isogenous(E1)
False
sage: E2.is_isogenous(E3)
True

sage: x = polygen(QQ, 'x')
sage: F = NumberField(x^2 -2, 's'); F
Number Field in s with defining polynomial x^2 - 2
sage: E = EllipticCurve('14a1')
sage: EE = EllipticCurve('14a2')
sage: E1 = E.change_ring(F)
sage: E2 = EE.change_ring(F)
sage: E1.is_isogenous(E2)
True

sage: x = polygen(QQ, 'x')
sage: F = NumberField(x^2 -2, 's'); F
Number Field in s with defining polynomial x^2 - 2
sage: k.<a> = NumberField(x^3+7)
sage: E = EllipticCurve(F, [7,8])
sage: EE = EllipticCurve(k, [2, 2])
sage: E.is_isogenous(EE)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: Second argument must be defined over the same number field.


Some examples from Cremona’s 1981 tables:

sage: K.<i> = QuadraticField(-1)
sage: E1 = EllipticCurve([i + 1, 0, 1, -240*i - 400, -2869*i - 2627])
sage: E1.conductor()
Fractional ideal (-4*i - 7)
sage: E2 = EllipticCurve([1+i,0,1,0,0])
sage: E2.conductor()
Fractional ideal (-4*i - 7)
sage: E1.is_isogenous(E2)  # long time (2s on sage.math, 2014)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
NotImplementedError: Curves appear to be isogenous (same conductor, isogenous modulo all primes of norm up to 1000), but no isogeny has been constructed.
sage: E1.is_isogenous(E2, proof=False)
True


In this case E1 and E2 are in fact 9-isogenous, as may be deduced from the following:

sage: E3 = EllipticCurve([i + 1, 0, 1, -5*i - 5, -2*i - 5])
sage: E3.is_isogenous(E1)
True
sage: E3.is_isogenous(E2)
True
sage: E1.isogeny_degree(E2)
9


TESTS:

Check that trac ticket #15890 is fixed:

sage: K.<s> = QuadraticField(229)
sage: c4 = 2173 - 235*(1 - s)/2
sage: c6 = -124369 + 15988*(1 - s)/2
sage: c4c = 2173 - 235*(1 + s)/2
sage: c6c = -124369 + 15988*(1 + s)/2
sage: E = EllipticCurve_from_c4c6(c4, c6)
sage: Ec = EllipticCurve_from_c4c6(c4c, c6c)
sage: E.is_isogenous(Ec)
True

is_local_integral_model(*P)

Tests if self is integral at the prime ideal $$P$$, or at all the primes if $$P$$ is a list or tuple.

INPUT:

• *P – a prime ideal, or a list or tuple of primes.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<i> = NumberField(x^2+1)
sage: P1,P2 = K.primes_above(5)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([i/5,i/5,i/5,i/5,i/5])
sage: E.is_local_integral_model(P1,P2)
False
sage: Emin = E.local_integral_model(P1,P2)
sage: Emin.is_local_integral_model(P1,P2)
True

isogeny_degree(other)

Returns the minimal degree of an isogeny between self and other, or 0 if no isogeny exists.

INPUT:

• other – another elliptic curve.

OUTPUT:

(int) The degree of an isogeny from self to other, or 0.

Warning

Not all isogenies over number fields are yet implemented. Currently the code only works if there is a chain of isogenies from self to other of degrees 2, 3, 5, 7 and 13.

EXAMPLES:

sage: x = QQ['x'].0
sage: F = NumberField(x^2 -2, 's'); F
Number Field in s with defining polynomial x^2 - 2
sage: E = EllipticCurve('14a1')
sage: EE = EllipticCurve('14a2')
sage: E1 = E.change_ring(F)
sage: E2 = EE.change_ring(F)
sage: E1.isogeny_degree(E2)
2
sage: E2.isogeny_degree(E2)
1
sage: E5 = EllipticCurve('14a5').change_ring(F)
sage: E1.isogeny_degree(E5)
6

kodaira_symbol(P, proof=None)

Returns the Kodaira Symbol of this elliptic curve at the prime $$P$$.

INPUT:

• P – either None or a prime ideal of the base field of self.
• proof – whether to only use provably correct methods (default controlled by global proof module). Note that the proof module is number_field, not elliptic_curves, since the functions that actually need the flag are in number fields.

OUTPUT:

The Kodaira Symbol of the curve at P, represented as a string.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<a>=NumberField(x^2-5)
sage: E=EllipticCurve([20, 225, 750, 625*a + 6875, 31250*a + 46875])
[Fractional ideal (-a), Fractional ideal (7/2*a - 81/2), Fractional ideal (-a - 52), Fractional ideal (2)]
sage: [E.kodaira_symbol(P) for P in bad_primes]
[I0, I1, I1, II]
sage: E = EllipticCurve('11a1').change_ring(K)
sage: [E.kodaira_symbol(P) for P in K(11).support()]
[I10]

lll_reduce(points, height_matrix=None, precision=None)

Returns an LLL-reduced basis from a given basis, with transform matrix.

INPUT:

• points - a list of points on this elliptic curve, which should be independent.
• height_matrix - the height-pairing matrix of the points, or None. If None, it will be computed.
• precision - number of bits of precision of intermediate computations (default: None, for default RealField precision; ignored if height_matrix is supplied)

OUTPUT: A tuple (newpoints, U) where U is a unimodular integer matrix, new_points is the transform of points by U, such that new_points has LLL-reduced height pairing matrix

Note

If the input points are not independent, the output depends on the undocumented behaviour of PARI’s qflllgram() function when applied to a gram matrix which is not positive definite.

EXAMPLES:

Some examples over $$\QQ$$:

sage: E = EllipticCurve([0, 1, 1, -2, 42])
sage: Pi = E.gens(); Pi
[(-4 : 1 : 1), (-3 : 5 : 1), (-11/4 : 43/8 : 1), (-2 : 6 : 1)]
sage: Qi, U = E.lll_reduce(Pi)
sage: all(sum(U[i,j]*Pi[i] for i in range(4)) == Qi[j] for j in range(4))
True
sage: sorted(Qi)
[(-4 : 1 : 1), (-3 : 5 : 1), (-2 : 6 : 1), (0 : 6 : 1)]
sage: U.det()
1
sage: E.regulator_of_points(Pi)
4.59088036960573
sage: E.regulator_of_points(Qi)
4.59088036960574

sage: E = EllipticCurve([1,0,1,-120039822036992245303534619191166796374,504224992484910670010801799168082726759443756222911415116])
sage: xi = [2005024558054813068,            -4690836759490453344,            4700156326649806635,            6785546256295273860,            6823803569166584943,            7788809602110240789,            27385442304350994620556,            54284682060285253719/4,            -94200235260395075139/25,            -3463661055331841724647/576,            -6684065934033506970637/676,            -956077386192640344198/2209,            -27067471797013364392578/2809,            -25538866857137199063309/3721,            -1026325011760259051894331/108241,            9351361230729481250627334/1366561,            10100878635879432897339615/1423249,            11499655868211022625340735/17522596,            110352253665081002517811734/21353641,            414280096426033094143668538257/285204544,            36101712290699828042930087436/4098432361,            45442463408503524215460183165/5424617104,            983886013344700707678587482584/141566320009,            1124614335716851053281176544216033/152487126016]
sage: points = [E.lift_x(x) for x in xi]
sage: newpoints, U = E.lll_reduce(points)  # long time (35s on sage.math, 2011)
sage: [P[0] for P in newpoints]            # long time
[6823803569166584943, 5949539878899294213, 2005024558054813068, 5864879778877955778, 23955263915878682727/4, 5922188321411938518, 5286988283823825378, 175620639884534615751/25, -11451575907286171572, 3502708072571012181, 1500143935183238709184/225, 27180522378120223419/4, -5811874164190604461581/625, 26807786527159569093, 7404442636649562303, 475656155255883588, 265757454726766017891/49, 7272142121019825303, 50628679173833693415/4, 6951643522366348968, 6842515151518070703, 111593750389650846885/16, 2607467890531740394315/9, -1829928525835506297]


An example to show the explicit use of the height pairing matrix:

sage: E = EllipticCurve([0, 1, 1, -2, 42])
sage: Pi = E.gens()
sage: H = E.height_pairing_matrix(Pi,3)
sage: E.lll_reduce(Pi,height_matrix=H)
(
[1 0 0 1]
[0 1 0 1]
[0 0 0 1]
[(-4 : 1 : 1), (-3 : 5 : 1), (-2 : 6 : 1), (1 : -7 : 1)], [0 0 1 1]
)


Some examples over number fields (see trac ticket #9411):

sage: K.<a> = QuadraticField(-23, 'a')
sage: E = EllipticCurve(K, '37')
sage: E.lll_reduce(E.gens())
(
[ 1 -1]
[(0 : 0 : 1), (-2 : -1/2*a - 1/2 : 1)], [ 0  1]
)

sage: K.<a> = QuadraticField(-5)
sage: E = EllipticCurve(K,[0,a])
sage: points = [E.point([-211/841*a - 6044/841,-209584/24389*a + 53634/24389]),E.point([-17/18*a - 1/9, -109/108*a - 277/108]) ]
sage: E.lll_reduce(points)
(
[(-a + 4 : -3*a + 7 : 1), (-17/18*a - 1/9 : 109/108*a + 277/108 : 1)],
[ 1  0]
[ 1 -1]
)

local_data(P=None, proof=None, algorithm='pari', globally=False)

Local data for this elliptic curve at the prime $$P$$.

INPUT:

• P – either None or a prime ideal of the base field of self.
• proof – whether to only use provably correct methods (default controlled by global proof module). Note that the proof module is number_field, not elliptic_curves, since the functions that actually need the flag are in number fields.
• algorithm (string, default: “pari”) – Ignored unless the base field is $$\QQ$$. If “pari”, use the PARI C-library ellglobalred implementation of Tate’s algorithm over $$\QQ$$. If “generic”, use the general number field implementation.
• globally – whether the local algorithm uses global generators for the prime ideals. Default is False, which won’t require any information about the class group. If True, a generator for $$P$$ will be used if $$P$$ is principal. Otherwise, or if globally is False, the minimal model returned will preserve integrality at other primes, but not minimality.

OUTPUT:

If $$P$$ is specified, returns the EllipticCurveLocalData object associated to the prime $$P$$ for this curve. Otherwise, returns a list of such objects, one for each prime $$P$$ in the support of the discriminant of this model.

Note

The model is not required to be integral on input.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<i> = NumberField(x^2+1)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([1 + i, 0, 1, 0, 0])
sage: E.local_data()
[Local data at Fractional ideal (2*i + 1):
Local minimal model: Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + (i+1)*x*y + y = x^3 over Number Field in i with defining polynomial x^2 + 1
Minimal discriminant valuation: 1
Conductor exponent: 1
Kodaira Symbol: I1
Tamagawa Number: 1,
Local data at Fractional ideal (-3*i - 2):
Local minimal model: Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + (i+1)*x*y + y = x^3 over Number Field in i with defining polynomial x^2 + 1
Minimal discriminant valuation: 2
Conductor exponent: 1
Kodaira Symbol: I2
Tamagawa Number: 2]
sage: E.local_data(K.ideal(3))
Local data at Fractional ideal (3):
Reduction type: good
Local minimal model: Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + (i+1)*x*y + y = x^3 over Number Field in i with defining polynomial x^2 + 1
Minimal discriminant valuation: 0
Conductor exponent: 0
Kodaira Symbol: I0
Tamagawa Number: 1


An example raised in trac ticket #3897:

sage: E = EllipticCurve([1,1])
sage: E.local_data(3)
Local data at Principal ideal (3) of Integer Ring:
Reduction type: good
Local minimal model: Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 = x^3 + x + 1 over Rational Field
Minimal discriminant valuation: 0
Conductor exponent: 0
Kodaira Symbol: I0
Tamagawa Number: 1

local_integral_model(*P)

Return a model of self which is integral at the prime ideal $$P$$.

Note

The integrality at other primes is not affected, even if $$P$$ is non-principal.

INPUT:

• *P – a prime ideal, or a list or tuple of primes.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<i> = NumberField(x^2+1)
sage: P1,P2 = K.primes_above(5)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([i/5,i/5,i/5,i/5,i/5])
sage: E.local_integral_model((P1,P2))
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + (-i)*x*y + (-25*i)*y = x^3 + 5*i*x^2 + 125*i*x + 3125*i over Number Field in i with defining polynomial x^2 + 1

local_minimal_model(P, proof=None, algorithm='pari')

Returns a model which is integral at all primes and minimal at $$P$$.

INPUT:

• P – either None or a prime ideal of the base field of self.
• proof – whether to only use provably correct methods (default controlled by global proof module). Note that the proof module is number_field, not elliptic_curves, since the functions that actually need the flag are in number fields.
• algorithm (string, default: “pari”) – Ignored unless the base field is $$\QQ$$. If “pari”, use the PARI C-library ellglobalred implementation of Tate’s algorithm over $$\QQ$$. If “generic”, use the general number field implementation.

OUTPUT:

A model of the curve which is minimal (and integral) at $$P$$.

Note

The model is not required to be integral on input.

For principal $$P$$, a generator is used as a uniformizer, and integrality or minimality at other primes is not affected. For non-principal $$P$$, the minimal model returned will preserve integrality at other primes, but not minimality.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<a>=NumberField(x^2-5)
sage: E=EllipticCurve([20, 225, 750, 1250*a + 6250, 62500*a + 15625])
sage: P=K.ideal(a)
sage: E.local_minimal_model(P).ainvs()
(0, 1, 0, 2*a - 34, -4*a + 66)

period_lattice(embedding)

Returns the period lattice of the elliptic curve for the given embedding of its base field with respect to the differential $$dx/(2y + a_1x + a_3)$$.

INPUT:

• embedding - an embedding of the base number field into $$\RR$$ or $$\CC$$.

Note

The precision of the embedding is ignored: we only use the given embedding to determine which embedding into QQbar to use. Once the lattice has been initialized, periods can be computed to arbitrary precision.

EXAMPLES:

First define a field with two real embeddings:

sage: K.<a> = NumberField(x^3-2)
sage: E=EllipticCurve([0,0,0,a,2])
sage: embs=K.embeddings(CC); len(embs)
3


For each embedding we have a different period lattice:

sage: E.period_lattice(embs[0])
Period lattice associated to Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 = x^3 + a*x + 2 over Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^3 - 2 with respect to the embedding Ring morphism:
From: Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^3 - 2
To:   Algebraic Field
Defn: a |--> -0.6299605249474365? - 1.091123635971722?*I

sage: E.period_lattice(embs[1])
Period lattice associated to Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 = x^3 + a*x + 2 over Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^3 - 2 with respect to the embedding Ring morphism:
From: Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^3 - 2
To:   Algebraic Field
Defn: a |--> -0.6299605249474365? + 1.091123635971722?*I

sage: E.period_lattice(embs[2])
Period lattice associated to Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 = x^3 + a*x + 2 over Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^3 - 2 with respect to the embedding Ring morphism:
From: Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^3 - 2
To:   Algebraic Field
Defn: a |--> 1.259921049894873?


Although the original embeddings have only the default precision, we can obtain the basis with higher precision later:

sage: L=E.period_lattice(embs[0])
sage: L.basis()
(1.86405007647981 - 0.903761485143226*I, -0.149344633143919 - 2.06619546272945*I)

sage: L.basis(prec=100)
(1.8640500764798108425920506200 - 0.90376148514322594749786960975*I, -0.14934463314391922099120107422 - 2.0661954627294548995621225062*I)

rank(**kwds)

Return the rank of this elliptic curve, if it can be determined.

Note

The optional parameters control the Simon two descent algorithm; see the documentation of simon_two_descent() for more details.

INPUT:

• verbose – 0, 1, 2, or 3 (default: 0), the verbosity level
• lim1 – (default: 2) limit on trivial points on quartics
• lim3 – (default: 4) limit on points on ELS quartics
• limtriv – (default: 2) limit on trivial points on elliptic curve
• maxprob – (default: 20)
• limbigprime – (default: 30) to distinguish between small and large prime numbers. Use probabilistic tests for large primes. If 0, don’t use probabilistic tests.
• known_points – (default: None) list of known points on the curve

OUTPUT:

If the upper and lower bounds given by Simon two-descent are the same, then the rank has been uniquely identified and we return this. Otherwise, we raise a ValueError with an error message specifying the upper and lower bounds.

Note

For non-quadratic number fields, this code does return, but it takes a long time.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<a> = NumberField(x^2 + 23, 'a')
sage: E = EllipticCurve(K, '37')
True
sage: E.rank()
2


Here is a curve with two-torsion in the Tate-Shafarevich group, so here the bounds given by the algorithm do not uniquely determine the rank:

sage: E = EllipticCurve("15a5")
sage: K.<t> = NumberField(x^2-6)
sage: EK = E.base_extend(K)
sage: EK.rank(lim1=1, lim3=1, limtriv=1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: There is insufficient data to determine the rank -
2-descent gave lower bound 0 and upper bound 2


IMPLEMENTATION:

Uses Denis Simon’s PARI/GP scripts from http://www.math.unicaen.fr/~simon/.

rank_bounds(**kwds)

Returns the lower and upper bounds using simon_two_descent(). The results of simon_two_descent() are cached.

Note

The optional parameters control the Simon two descent algorithm; see the documentation of simon_two_descent() for more details.

INPUT:

• verbose – 0, 1, 2, or 3 (default: 0), the verbosity level
• lim1 – (default: 2) limit on trivial points on quartics
• lim3 – (default: 4) limit on points on ELS quartics
• limtriv – (default: 2) limit on trivial points on elliptic curve
• maxprob – (default: 20)
• limbigprime – (default: 30) to distinguish between small and large prime numbers. Use probabilistic tests for large primes. If 0, don’t use probabilistic tests.
• known_points – (default: None) list of known points on the curve

OUTPUT:

lower and upper bounds for the rank of the Mordell-Weil group

Note

For non-quadratic number fields, this code does return, but it takes a long time.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<a> = NumberField(x^2 + 23, 'a')
sage: E = EllipticCurve(K, '37')
True
sage: E.rank_bounds()
(2, 2)


Here is a curve with two-torsion, again the bounds coincide:

sage: Qrt5.<rt5>=NumberField(x^2-5)
sage: E=EllipticCurve([0,5-rt5,0,rt5,0])
sage: E.rank_bounds()
(1, 1)


Finally an example with non-trivial 2-torsion in Sha. So the 2-descent will not be able to determine the rank, but can only give bounds:

sage: E = EllipticCurve("15a5")
sage: K.<t> = NumberField(x^2-6)
sage: EK = E.base_extend(K)
sage: EK.rank_bounds(lim1=1,lim3=1,limtriv=1)
(0, 2)


IMPLEMENTATION:

Uses Denis Simon’s PARI/GP scripts from http://www.math.unicaen.fr/~simon/.

reduction(place)

Return the reduction of the elliptic curve at a place of good reduction.

INPUT:

• place – a prime ideal in the base field of the curve

OUTPUT:

An elliptic curve over a finite field, the residue field of the place.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<i> = QuadraticField(-1)
sage: EK = EllipticCurve([0,0,0,i,i+3])
sage: v = K.fractional_ideal(2*i+3)
sage: EK.reduction(v)
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2  = x^3 + 5*x + 8 over Residue field of Fractional ideal (2*i + 3)
sage: EK.reduction(K.ideal(1+i))
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: The curve must have good reduction at the place.
sage: EK.reduction(K.ideal(2))
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: The ideal must be prime.
sage: K=QQ.extension(x^2+x+1,"a")
sage: E=EllipticCurve([1024*K.0,1024*K.0])
sage: E.reduction(2*K)
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + (abar+1)*y = x^3 over Residue field in abar of Fractional ideal (2)

regulator_of_points(points=, []precision=None)

Returns the regulator of the given points on this curve.

INPUT:

• points -(default: empty list) a list of points on this curve
• precision - int or None (default: None): the precision in bits of the result (default real precision if None)

EXAMPLES:

sage: E = EllipticCurve('37a1')
sage: P = E(0,0)
sage: Q = E(1,0)
sage: E.regulator_of_points([P,Q])
0.000000000000000
sage: 2*P==Q
True

sage: E = EllipticCurve('5077a1')
sage: points = [E.lift_x(x) for x in [-2,-7/4,1]]
sage: E.regulator_of_points(points)
0.417143558758384
sage: E.regulator_of_points(points,precision=100)
0.41714355875838396981711954462

sage: E = EllipticCurve('389a')
sage: E.regulator_of_points()
1.00000000000000
sage: points = [P,Q] = [E(-1,1),E(0,-1)]
sage: E.regulator_of_points(points)
0.152460177943144
sage: E.regulator_of_points(points, precision=100)
0.15246017794314375162432475705
sage: E.regulator_of_points(points, precision=200)
0.15246017794314375162432475704945582324372707748663081784028
sage: E.regulator_of_points(points, precision=300)
0.152460177943143751624324757049455823243727077486630817840280980046053225683562463604114816


Examples over number fields:

sage: K.<a> = QuadraticField(97)
sage: E = EllipticCurve(K,[1,1])
sage: P = E(0,1)
sage: P.height()
0.476223106404866
sage: E.regulator_of_points([P])
0.476223106404866

sage: E = EllipticCurve('11a1')
sage: x = polygen(QQ)
sage: K.<t> = NumberField(x^2+47)
sage: EK = E.base_extend(K)
sage: T = EK(5,5)
sage: T.order()
5
sage: P = EK(-2, -1/2*t - 1/2)
sage: P.order()
+Infinity
sage: EK.regulator_of_points([P,T]) # random very small output
-1.23259516440783e-32
sage: EK.regulator_of_points([P,T]).abs() < 1e-30
True

sage: E = EllipticCurve('389a1')
sage: P,Q = E.gens()
sage: E.regulator_of_points([P,Q])
0.152460177943144
sage: K.<t> = NumberField(x^2+47)
sage: EK = E.base_extend(K)
sage: EK.regulator_of_points([EK(P),EK(Q)])
0.152460177943144

sage: K.<i> = QuadraticField(-1)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([0,0,0,i,i])
sage: P = E(-9+4*i,-18-25*i)
sage: Q = E(i,-i)
sage: E.height_pairing_matrix([P,Q])
[  2.16941934493768 -0.870059380421505]
[-0.870059380421505  0.424585837470709]
sage: E.regulator_of_points([P,Q])
0.164101403936070

simon_two_descent(verbose=0, lim1=2, lim3=4, limtriv=2, maxprob=20, limbigprime=30, known_points=None)

Return lower and upper bounds on the rank of the Mordell-Weil group $$E(K)$$ and a list of points.

This method is used internally by the rank(), rank_bounds() and gens() methods.

INPUT:

• self – an elliptic curve $$E$$ over a number field $$K$$
• verbose – 0, 1, 2, or 3 (default: 0), the verbosity level
• lim1 – (default: 2) limit on trivial points on quartics
• lim3 – (default: 4) limit on points on ELS quartics
• limtriv – (default: 2) limit on trivial points on $$E$$
• maxprob – (default: 20)
• limbigprime – (default: 30) to distinguish between small and large prime numbers. Use probabilistic tests for large primes. If 0, don’t use probabilistic tests.
• known_points – (default: None) list of known points on the curve

OUTPUT: a triple (lower, upper, list) consisting of

• lower (integer) – lower bound on the rank
• upper (integer) – upper bound on the rank
• list – list of points in $$E(K)$$

The integer upper is in fact an upper bound on the dimension of the 2-Selmer group, hence on the dimension of $$E(K)/2E(K)$$. It is equal to the dimension of the 2-Selmer group except possibly if $$E(K)[2]$$ has dimension 1. In that case, upper may exceed the dimension of the 2-Selmer group by an even number, due to the fact that the algorithm does not perform a second descent.

Note

For non-quadratic number fields, this code does return, but it takes a long time.

ALGORITHM:

Uses Denis Simon’s PARI/GP scripts from http://www.math.unicaen.fr/~simon/.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<a> = NumberField(x^2 + 23, 'a')
sage: E = EllipticCurve(K, '37')
True
sage: E.simon_two_descent()
(2, 2, [(0 : 0 : 1), (1/8*a + 5/8 : -3/16*a - 7/16 : 1)])
sage: E.simon_two_descent(lim1=3, lim3=20, limtriv=5, maxprob=7, limbigprime=10)
(2, 2, [(-1 : 0 : 1), (-1/8*a + 5/8 : -3/16*a - 9/16 : 1)])

sage: K.<a> = NumberField(x^2 + 7, 'a')
sage: E = EllipticCurve(K, [0,0,0,1,a]); E
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2  = x^3 + x + a over Number Field in a with defining polynomial x^2 + 7

sage: v = E.simon_two_descent(verbose=1); v
elliptic curve: Y^2 = x^3 + Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(y, y^2 + 7)
Trivial points on the curve = [[1, 1, 0], [Mod(1/2*y + 3/2, y^2 + 7), Mod(-y - 2, y^2 + 7), 1]]
#S(E/K)[2]    = 2
#E(K)/2E(K)   = 2
#III(E/K)[2]  = 1
rank(E/K)     = 1
listpoints = [[Mod(1/2*y + 3/2, y^2 + 7), Mod(-y - 2, y^2 + 7), 1]]
(1, 1, [(1/2*a + 3/2 : -a - 2 : 1)])

sage: v = E.simon_two_descent(verbose=2)
K = bnfinit(y^2 + 7);
a = Mod(y,K.pol);
bnfellrank(K, [0, 0, 0, 1, a], [[Mod(1/2*y + 3/2, y^2 + 7), Mod(-y - 2, y^2 + 7)]]);
elliptic curve: Y^2 = x^3 + Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(y, y^2 + 7)
A = 0
B = Mod(1, y^2 + 7)
C = Mod(y, y^2 + 7)

Computing L(S,2)
L(S,2) = [Mod(Mod(-1, y^2 + 7)*x^2 + Mod(-1/2*y + 1/2, y^2 + 7)*x + 1, x^3 + Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(y, y^2 + 7)), Mod(Mod(-1, y^2 + 7)*x^2 + Mod(-1/2*y - 1/2, y^2 + 7)*x + 1, x^3 + Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(y, y^2 + 7)), Mod(-1, x^3 + Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(y, y^2 + 7)), Mod(x^2 + 2, x^3 + Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(y, y^2 + 7)), Mod(Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(1/2*y + 3/2, y^2 + 7), x^3 + Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(y, y^2 + 7)), Mod(Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(1/2*y - 3/2, y^2 + 7), x^3 + Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(y, y^2 + 7))]

Computing the Selmer group
#LS2gen = 2
LS2gen = [Mod(Mod(-5, y^2 + 7)*x^2 + Mod(-3*y, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(8, y^2 + 7), x^3 + Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(y, y^2 + 7)), Mod(Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x^2 + Mod(1/2*y - 1/2, y^2 + 7)*x - 1, x^3 + Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(y, y^2 + 7))]
Search for trivial points on the curve
Trivial points on the curve = [[Mod(1/2*y + 3/2, y^2 + 7), Mod(-y - 2, y^2 + 7)], [1, 1, 0], [Mod(1/2*y + 3/2, y^2 + 7), Mod(-y - 2, y^2 + 7), 1]]
zc = Mod(Mod(-5, y^2 + 7)*x^2 + Mod(-3*y, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(8, y^2 + 7), x^3 + Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(y, y^2 + 7))
Hilbert symbol (Mod(2, y^2 + 7),Mod(-5, y^2 + 7)) =
zc = Mod(Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x^2 + Mod(1/2*y - 1/2, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(-1, y^2 + 7), x^3 + Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(y, y^2 + 7))
Hilbert symbol (Mod(-2*y + 2, y^2 + 7),Mod(1, y^2 + 7)) =
sol of quadratic equation = [1, 0, 1]~
zc*z1^2 = Mod(Mod(2*y - 2, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(2*y + 10, y^2 + 7), x^3 + Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(y, y^2 + 7))
quartic: (-1/2*y + 1/2)*Y^2 = x^4 + (-3*y - 15)*x^2 + (-8*y - 16)*x + (-11/2*y - 15/2)
reduced: Y^2 = (-1/2*y + 1/2)*x^4 - 4*x^3 + (-3*y + 3)*x^2 + (2*y - 2)*x + (1/2*y + 3/2)
not ELS at [2, [0, 1]~, 1, 1, [1, -2; 1, 0]]
zc = Mod(Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x^2 + Mod(1/2*y + 1/2, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(-1, y^2 + 7), x^3 + Mod(1, y^2 + 7)*x + Mod(y, y^2 + 7))
comes from the trivial point [Mod(1/2*y + 3/2, y^2 + 7), Mod(-y - 2, y^2 + 7)]
m1 = 1
m2 = 1
#S(E/K)[2]    = 2
#E(K)/2E(K)   = 2
#III(E/K)[2]  = 1
rank(E/K)     = 1
listpoints = [[Mod(1/2*y + 3/2, y^2 + 7), Mod(-y - 2, y^2 + 7)]]
v = [1, 1, [[Mod(1/2*y + 3/2, y^2 + 7), Mod(-y - 2, y^2 + 7)]]]
sage: v
(1, 1, [(1/2*a + 3/2 : -a - 2 : 1)])


A curve with 2-torsion:

sage: K.<a> = NumberField(x^2 + 7)
sage: E = EllipticCurve(K, '15a')
sage: E.simon_two_descent()  # long time (3s on sage.math, 2013), points can vary
(1, 3, [...])


Check that the bug reported in trac ticket #15483 is fixed:

sage: K.<s> = QuadraticField(229)
sage: c4 = 2173 - 235*(1 - s)/2
sage: c6 = -124369 + 15988*(1 - s)/2
sage: E = EllipticCurve([-c4/48, -c6/864])
sage: E.simon_two_descent()
(0, 0, [])

sage: R.<t> = QQ[]
sage: L.<g> = NumberField(t^3 - 9*t^2 + 13*t - 4)
sage: E1 = EllipticCurve(L,[1-g*(g-1),-g^2*(g-1),-g^2*(g-1),0,0])
sage: E1.rank()  # long time (about 5 s)
0

sage: K = CyclotomicField(43).subfields(3)[0][0]
sage: E = EllipticCurve(K, '37')
sage: E.simon_two_descent()  # long time (4s on sage.math, 2013)
(3, 3, [(0 : 0 : 1), (-1/4*zeta43_0^2 - 1/2*zeta43_0 + 3 : -3/8*zeta43_0^2 - 3/4*zeta43_0 + 4 : 1)])

tamagawa_exponent(P, proof=None)

Returns the Tamagawa index of this elliptic curve at the prime $$P$$.

INPUT:

• P – either None or a prime ideal of the base field of self.
• proof – whether to only use provably correct methods (default controlled by global proof module). Note that the proof module is number_field, not elliptic_curves, since the functions that actually need the flag are in number fields.

OUTPUT:

(positive integer) The Tamagawa index of the curve at P.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<a>=NumberField(x^2-5)
sage: E=EllipticCurve([20, 225, 750, 625*a + 6875, 31250*a + 46875])
sage: [E.tamagawa_exponent(P) for P in E.discriminant().support()]
[1, 1, 1, 1]
sage: E = EllipticCurve('11a1').change_ring(K)
sage: [E.tamagawa_exponent(P) for P in K(11).support()]
[10]

tamagawa_number(P, proof=None)

Returns the Tamagawa number of this elliptic curve at the prime $$P$$.

INPUT:

• P – either None or a prime ideal of the base field of self.
• proof – whether to only use provably correct methods (default controlled by global proof module). Note that the proof module is number_field, not elliptic_curves, since the functions that actually need the flag are in number fields.

OUTPUT:

(positive integer) The Tamagawa number of the curve at $$P$$.

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<a>=NumberField(x^2-5)
sage: E=EllipticCurve([20, 225, 750, 625*a + 6875, 31250*a + 46875])
sage: [E.tamagawa_number(P) for P in E.discriminant().support()]
[1, 1, 1, 1]
sage: E = EllipticCurve('11a1').change_ring(K)
sage: [E.tamagawa_number(P) for P in K(11).support()]
[10]

tamagawa_numbers()

Return a list of all Tamagawa numbers for all prime divisors of the conductor (in order).

EXAMPLES:

sage: e = EllipticCurve('30a1')
sage: e.tamagawa_numbers()
[2, 3, 1]
sage: vector(e.tamagawa_numbers())
(2, 3, 1)
sage: K.<a>=NumberField(x^2+3)
sage: eK = e.base_extend(K)
sage: eK.tamagawa_numbers()
[4, 6, 1]

tamagawa_product_bsd()

Given an elliptic curve $$E$$ over a number field $$K$$, this function returns the integer $$C(E/K)$$ that appears in the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture accounting for the local information at finite places. If the model is a global minimal model then $$C(E/K)$$ is simply the product of the Tamagawa numbers $$c_v$$ where $$v$$ runs over all prime ideals of $$K$$. Otherwise, if the model has to be changed at a place $$v$$ a correction factor appears. The definition is such that $$C(E/K)$$ times the periods at the infinite places is invariant under change of the Weierstrass model. See [Ta2] and [Do] for details.

Note

This definition is slightly different from the definition of tamagawa_product for curves defined over $$\QQ$$. Over the rational number it is always defined to be the product of the Tamagawa numbers, so the two definitions only agree when the model is global minimal.

OUTPUT:

A rational number

EXAMPLES:

sage: K.<i> = NumberField(x^2+1)
sage: E = EllipticCurve([0,2+i])
sage: E.tamagawa_product_bsd()
1

sage: E = EllipticCurve([(2*i+1)^2,i*(2*i+1)^7])
sage: E.tamagawa_product_bsd()
4


An example where the Neron model changes over K:

sage: K.<t> = NumberField(x^5-10*x^3+5*x^2+10*x+1)
sage: E = EllipticCurve(K,'75a1')
sage: E.tamagawa_product_bsd()
5
sage: da = E.local_data()
sage: [dav.tamagawa_number() for dav in da]
[1, 1]


An example over $$\mathbb{Q}$$ (trac ticket #9413):

sage: E = EllipticCurve('30a')
sage: E.tamagawa_product_bsd()
6


REFERENCES:

• [Ta2] Tate, John, On the conjectures of Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer and a geometric analog. Seminaire Bourbaki, Vol. 9, Exp. No. 306.
• [Do] Dokchitser, Tim and Vladimir, On the Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer quotients modulo squares, Annals of Math., 2010.
torsion_order()

Returns the order of the torsion subgroup of this elliptic curve.

OUTPUT:

(integer) the order of the torsion subgroup of this elliptic curve.

EXAMPLES:

sage: E = EllipticCurve('11a1')
sage: K.<t> = NumberField(x^4 + x^3 + 11*x^2 + 41*x + 101)
sage: EK = E.base_extend(K)
sage: EK.torsion_order()  # long time (2s on sage.math, 2014)
25

sage: E = EllipticCurve('15a1')
sage: K.<t> = NumberField(x^2 + 2*x + 10)
sage: EK = E.base_extend(K)
sage: EK.torsion_order()
16

sage: E = EllipticCurve('19a1')
sage: K.<t> = NumberField(x^9-3*x^8-4*x^7+16*x^6-3*x^5-21*x^4+5*x^3+7*x^2-7*x+1)
sage: EK = E.base_extend(K)
sage: EK.torsion_order()
9

sage: K.<i> = QuadraticField(-1)
sage: EK = EllipticCurve([0,0,0,i,i+3])
sage: EK.torsion_order()
1

torsion_points()

Returns a list of the torsion points of this elliptic curve.

OUTPUT:

(list) A sorted list of the torsion points.

EXAMPLES:

sage: E = EllipticCurve('11a1')
sage: E.torsion_points()
[(0 : 1 : 0), (5 : -6 : 1), (5 : 5 : 1), (16 : -61 : 1), (16 : 60 : 1)]
sage: K.<t> = NumberField(x^4 + x^3 + 11*x^2 + 41*x + 101)
sage: EK = E.base_extend(K)
sage: EK.torsion_points()  # long time (1s on sage.math, 2014)
[(16 : 60 : 1),
(5 : 5 : 1),
(5 : -6 : 1),
(16 : -61 : 1),
(t : 1/11*t^3 + 6/11*t^2 + 19/11*t + 48/11 : 1),
(-3/55*t^3 - 7/55*t^2 - 2/55*t - 133/55 : 6/55*t^3 + 3/55*t^2 + 25/11*t + 156/55 : 1),
(-9/121*t^3 - 21/121*t^2 - 127/121*t - 377/121 : -7/121*t^3 + 24/121*t^2 + 197/121*t + 16/121 : 1),
(5/121*t^3 - 14/121*t^2 - 158/121*t - 453/121 : -49/121*t^3 - 129/121*t^2 - 315/121*t - 207/121 : 1),
(10/121*t^3 + 49/121*t^2 + 168/121*t + 73/121 : 32/121*t^3 + 60/121*t^2 - 261/121*t - 807/121 : 1),
(1/11*t^3 - 5/11*t^2 + 19/11*t - 40/11 : -6/11*t^3 - 3/11*t^2 - 26/11*t - 321/11 : 1),
(14/121*t^3 - 15/121*t^2 + 90/121*t + 232/121 : 16/121*t^3 - 69/121*t^2 + 293/121*t - 46/121 : 1),
(3/55*t^3 + 7/55*t^2 + 2/55*t + 78/55 : 7/55*t^3 - 24/55*t^2 + 9/11*t + 17/55 : 1),
(-5/121*t^3 + 36/121*t^2 - 84/121*t + 24/121 : 34/121*t^3 - 27/121*t^2 + 305/121*t + 708/121 : 1),
(-26/121*t^3 + 20/121*t^2 - 219/121*t - 995/121 : 15/121*t^3 + 156/121*t^2 - 232/121*t + 2766/121 : 1),
(1/11*t^3 - 5/11*t^2 + 19/11*t - 40/11 : 6/11*t^3 + 3/11*t^2 + 26/11*t + 310/11 : 1),
(-26/121*t^3 + 20/121*t^2 - 219/121*t - 995/121 : -15/121*t^3 - 156/121*t^2 + 232/121*t - 2887/121 : 1),
(-5/121*t^3 + 36/121*t^2 - 84/121*t + 24/121 : -34/121*t^3 + 27/121*t^2 - 305/121*t - 829/121 : 1),
(3/55*t^3 + 7/55*t^2 + 2/55*t + 78/55 : -7/55*t^3 + 24/55*t^2 - 9/11*t - 72/55 : 1),
(14/121*t^3 - 15/121*t^2 + 90/121*t + 232/121 : -16/121*t^3 + 69/121*t^2 - 293/121*t - 75/121 : 1),
(t : -1/11*t^3 - 6/11*t^2 - 19/11*t - 59/11 : 1),
(10/121*t^3 + 49/121*t^2 + 168/121*t + 73/121 : -32/121*t^3 - 60/121*t^2 + 261/121*t + 686/121 : 1),
(5/121*t^3 - 14/121*t^2 - 158/121*t - 453/121 : 49/121*t^3 + 129/121*t^2 + 315/121*t + 86/121 : 1),
(-9/121*t^3 - 21/121*t^2 - 127/121*t - 377/121 : 7/121*t^3 - 24/121*t^2 - 197/121*t - 137/121 : 1),
(-3/55*t^3 - 7/55*t^2 - 2/55*t - 133/55 : -6/55*t^3 - 3/55*t^2 - 25/11*t - 211/55 : 1),
(0 : 1 : 0)]

sage: E = EllipticCurve('15a1')
sage: K.<t> = NumberField(x^2 + 2*x + 10)
sage: EK = E.base_extend(K)
sage: EK.torsion_points()
[(-7 : -5*t - 2 : 1),
(-7 : 5*t + 8 : 1),
(-13/4 : 9/8 : 1),
(-2 : -2 : 1),
(-2 : 3 : 1),
(-t - 2 : -t - 7 : 1),
(-t - 2 : 2*t + 8 : 1),
(-1 : 0 : 1),
(t : t - 5 : 1),
(t : -2*t + 4 : 1),
(0 : 1 : 0),
(1/2 : -5/4*t - 2 : 1),
(1/2 : 5/4*t + 1/2 : 1),
(3 : -2 : 1),
(8 : -27 : 1),
(8 : 18 : 1)]

sage: K.<i> = QuadraticField(-1)
sage: EK = EllipticCurve(K,[0,0,0,0,-1])
sage: EK.torsion_points ()
[(-2 : -3*i : 1), (-2 : 3*i : 1), (0 : -i : 1), (0 : i : 1), (0 : 1 : 0), (1 : 0 : 1)]

torsion_subgroup()

Returns the torsion subgroup of this elliptic curve.

OUTPUT:

(EllipticCurveTorsionSubgroup) The EllipticCurveTorsionSubgroup associated to this elliptic curve.

EXAMPLES:

sage: E = EllipticCurve('11a1')
sage: K.<t>=NumberField(x^4 + x^3 + 11*x^2 + 41*x + 101)
sage: EK = E.base_extend(K)
sage: tor = EK.torsion_subgroup()  # long time (2s on sage.math, 2014)
sage: tor  # long time
Torsion Subgroup isomorphic to Z/5 + Z/5 associated to the Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + y = x^3 + (-1)*x^2 + (-10)*x + (-20) over Number Field in t with defining polynomial x^4 + x^3 + 11*x^2 + 41*x + 101
sage: tor.gens()  # long time
((16 : 60 : 1), (t : 1/11*t^3 + 6/11*t^2 + 19/11*t + 48/11 : 1))

sage: E = EllipticCurve('15a1')
sage: K.<t>=NumberField(x^2 + 2*x + 10)
sage: EK=E.base_extend(K)
sage: EK.torsion_subgroup()
Torsion Subgroup isomorphic to Z/4 + Z/4 associated to the Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + x*y + y = x^3 + x^2 + (-10)*x + (-10) over Number Field in t with defining polynomial x^2 + 2*x + 10

sage: E = EllipticCurve('19a1')
sage: K.<t>=NumberField(x^9-3*x^8-4*x^7+16*x^6-3*x^5-21*x^4+5*x^3+7*x^2-7*x+1)
sage: EK=E.base_extend(K)
sage: EK.torsion_subgroup()
Torsion Subgroup isomorphic to Z/9 associated to the Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + y = x^3 + x^2 + (-9)*x + (-15) over Number Field in t with defining polynomial x^9 - 3*x^8 - 4*x^7 + 16*x^6 - 3*x^5 - 21*x^4 + 5*x^3 + 7*x^2 - 7*x + 1

sage: K.<i> = QuadraticField(-1)
sage: EK = EllipticCurve([0,0,0,i,i+3])
sage: EK.torsion_subgroup ()
Torsion Subgroup isomorphic to Trivial group associated to the Elliptic Curve defined by y^2  = x^3 + i*x + (i+3) over Number Field in i with defining polynomial x^2 + 1


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