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Explicit valuation of elliptic nets for elliptic curves with complex multiplication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 August 2026

Hang Lok Edison Au-Yeung*
Affiliation:
University of Warwick , UK
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Abstract

Division polynomials associated with an elliptic curve $E/K$ are polynomials $\phi _n, \psi _n^2$ that arise from the sequence of points $\{nP\}_{n \in \mathbb {N}}$ on this curve. If one wishes to study $\mathbb {Z}$-linear combination of points on $E(K)$, we can use net polynomials $\Phi _{\boldsymbol {v}}, \Psi _{\boldsymbol {v}}^2$ which are higher-dimensional analogs of division polynomials. It turns out that they are also elliptic nets, an $n$-dimensional array with values in $K$ satisfying the same nonlinear recurrence relation that division polynomials do as well. Now assume further that the elliptic curve $E/K$ has complex multiplication by an order of a quadratic imaginary field $F \subseteq K$, we will prove a formula for the common valuation of $\Phi _{\boldsymbol {v}}$ and $\Psi _{\boldsymbol {v}}^2$ associated with multiples of points by elements of an order in $F$. As an application, we will use the formula to show that elliptic divisibility sequences associated with multiples of points indexed by elements of an order also satisfy a recurrence relation when indexed by elements of an order, subject to certain conditions on the indices.

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Table A1 Comparison of the values of the denominator ideal generators (Bα)α∈Z[ω]$ \left ( B_{\alpha } \right )_{\alpha \in \mathbb {Z}[\omega ]} $ and the elliptic nets Ψv(P),Φv(P)$ \Psi _{\boldsymbol {v}}(\boldsymbol {P}), \Phi _{\boldsymbol {v}}(\boldsymbol {P}) $ associated with the curve E:y2=x3−2x$E \colon y^{2}=x^{3}-2x$ over Q(i)$\mathbb {Q}(i)$, where P=(P1,P2)=(P,ωP)$ \boldsymbol {P} = (P_1, P_2) = (P, \omega P) $ and P=(−1,1)$ P = (-1, 1) $. For α=a+bω$ \alpha = a + b\omega $, we take v=(a,b)$ \boldsymbol {v} = (a, b) $.Table A1 long description.

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Table A2 Comparison of the values of the denominator ideal generators (Bα)α∈Z[ω]$ \left ( B_{\alpha } \right )_{\alpha \in \mathbb {Z}[\omega ]} $ and the elliptic nets Ψv(P),Φv(P)$ \Psi _{\boldsymbol {v}}(\boldsymbol {P}), \Phi _{\boldsymbol {v}}(\boldsymbol {P}) $ associated with the curve E:y2=x3+x2−3x+1$ E: y^2 = x^3 + x^2 - 3x + 1 $ over Q(−2)$ \mathbb {Q}(\sqrt {-2}) $, where P=(P1,P2)=(P,ωP)$ \boldsymbol {P} = (P_1, P_2) = (P, \omega P) $ and P=(−1,2)$ P = (-1, 2) $. For α=a+bω$ \alpha = a + b\omega $, we take v=(a,b)$ \boldsymbol {v} = (a, b) $.Table A2 long description.