Introduction
Let E E E be an elliptic curve over a number field K K K . By the Mordell–Weil theorem E ( K ) ≃ E ( K ) t o r s × Z r E(K) \simeq E(K)_{\mathrm{tors}} \times\mathbb{Z}^{r} E ( K ) ≃ E ( K ) tors × Z r , and by Merel’s theorem [34 ] the torsion subgroup E ( K ) t o r s E(K)_{\mathrm{tors}} E ( K ) tors is bounded in terms of d = [ K : Q ] d=[K:\mathbb{Q}] d = [ K : Q ] alone. Hence, for every d ≥ 1 d \ge1 d ≥ 1 the set
Φ ( d ) : = { E ( K ) t o r s : [ K : Q ] = d , E / K an elliptic curve } \Phi(d):=\{E(K)_{\mathrm{tors}}:[K:\mathbb{Q}]=d,\ E/K\text{ an elliptic curve}\} Φ ( d ) := { E ( K ) tors : [ K : Q ] = d , E / K an elliptic curve }
is finite. The set Φ ( 1 ) \Phi(1) Φ ( 1 ) was determined by Mazur [Maz77], building on work of Kubert [29 ] , and Φ ( 2 ) \Phi(2) Φ ( 2 ) by Kamienny [22 ] , building on work of Kenku and Momose [28 ] . Derickx, Etropolski, van Hoeij, Morrow and Zureick-Brown [7 ] determined Φ ( 3 ) \Phi(3) Φ ( 3 ) , using earlier work of Jeon, Kim and Schweizer [21 ] , Parent [40 ] and Najman [35 ] . Derickx and Najman [11 ] determined Φ ( 4 ) \Phi(4) Φ ( 4 ) , using earlier work of Jeon, Kim and Park [20 ] and Bruin and Najman [4 ] . Finally, Φ ( 5 ) \Phi(5) Φ ( 5 ) was determined by the author [36 ] . In this paper we determine Φ ( 6 ) \Phi(6) Φ ( 6 ) .
Write Φ ∞ ( d ) ⊆ Φ ( d ) \Phi^{\infty}(d) \subseteq\Phi(d) Φ ∞ ( d ) ⊆ Φ ( d ) for the subset of groups that occur as E ( K ) t o r s E(K)_{\mathrm{tors}} E ( K ) tors for infinitely many Q \mathbb{Q} Q -isomorphism classes of elliptic curves E E E over number fields K K K of degree d d d . A group in Φ ( d ) ∖ Φ ∞ ( d ) \Phi(d) \setminus\Phi^{\infty}(d) Φ ( d ) ∖ Φ ∞ ( d ) will be called a sporadic torsion group in degree $d . This should not be confused with a sporadic point on a curve X X X , which is a closed point of some degree e e e such that X X X has only finitely many closed points of degree at most e e e . A list of known sporadic and isolated points on the curves X 1 ( m , n ) X_1(m,n) X 1 ( m , n ) is maintained on the webpage [37 ] . We
Date: November 4, 2026.
2020 Mathematics Subject Classification. 11G05, 11G18, 14G05.
Key words and phrases. elliptic curves, torsion, sextic fields, modular curves, sporadic points.
The author was supported by the Croatian Science Foundation under the project no. IP-2022-10-5008, by the project “Implementation of cutting-edge research and its application as part of the Scientific Center of Excellence for Quantum and Complex Systems, and Representations of Lie Algebras”, PK.1.1.10.0004, co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund – Competitiveness and Cohesion Programme 2021–2027, and by the European Union – NextGenerationEU through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan 2021–2026, via an institutional grant of the University of Zagreb Faculty of Science, IK IA 1.1.3, Impact4Math. have Φ ∞ ( d ) = Φ ( d ) \Phi^{\infty}(d)=\Phi(d) Φ ∞ ( d ) = Φ ( d ) for d = 1 , 2 , 4 d=1,2,4 d = 1 , 2 , 4 . The only sporadic torsion group in degree 3 is Z / 21 Z \mathbb{Z}/21\mathbb{Z} Z /21 Z [35 , 7 ] , and the sporadic torsion groups in degree 5 are Z / 28 Z \mathbb{Z}/28\mathbb{Z} Z /28 Z , Z / 30 Z \mathbb{Z}/30\mathbb{Z} Z /30 Z and Z / 2 Z × Z / 18 Z \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/18\mathbb{Z} Z /2 Z × Z /18 Z [36 ] . The set Φ ∞ ( 6 ) \Phi^{\infty}(6) Φ ∞ ( 6 ) was determined by Derickx and Sutherland [14 Theorem 1.1] , the cyclic part being due to Derickx and van Hoeij [15 Theorem 3] :
Φ ∞ ( 6 ) = { Z / n Z : 1 ≤ n ≤ 30 , n ≠ 23 , 25 , 29 } ∪ { Z / 2 Z × Z / 2 n Z : 1 ≤ n ≤ 10 } ∪ { Z / 3 Z × Z / 3 n Z : 1 ≤ n ≤ 4 } ∪ { Z / 4 Z × Z / 4 Z , Z / 4 Z × Z / 8 Z , Z / 6 Z × Z / 6 Z } . (1) \Phi^{\infty}(6)=\{\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}:1\leq n\leq30,\ n\neq23,25,29\}
\cup\{\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/2n\mathbb{Z}:1\leq n\leq10\}\cup\{\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/3n\mathbb{Z}:1\leq n\leq4\}
\cup\{\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z},\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/8\mathbb{Z},\mathbb{Z}/6\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/6\mathbb{Z}\}. \tag*{(1)} Φ ∞ ( 6 ) = { Z / n Z : 1 ≤ n ≤ 30 , n = 23 , 25 , 29 } ∪ { Z /2 Z × Z /2 n Z : 1 ≤ n ≤ 10 } ∪ { Z /3 Z × Z /3 n Z : 1 ≤ n ≤ 4 } ∪ { Z /4 Z × Z /4 Z , Z /4 Z × Z /8 Z , Z /6 Z × Z /6 Z } . (1)
This set has 44 elements. Some sporadic torsion groups in degree 6 were already known. Van Hoeij [46 ] found an elliptic curve over a sextic field with a point of order 25 and one with a point of order 37, and Derickx, Kamienny, Stein and Stoll proved that every elliptic curve over a sextic field with a point of order 37 has j j j -invariant − 9317 -9317 − 9317 [10 Proposition 1.4] . González-Jiménez and Najman [18 ] found that the base change of the rational elliptic curve 162. d 2 162.\mathrm{d}2 162. d 2 to a sextic field has torsion group Z / 4 Z × Z / 12 Z \mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/12\mathbb{Z} Z /4 Z × Z /12 Z (see also [8 Remark 1] ).
Our main result is the following.
Theorem 1.1. Let K K K be a number field of degree 6 and let E E E be an elliptic curve over K K K . Then E ( K ) t o r s E(K)_{\mathrm{tors}} E ( K ) tors is isomorphic to one of the following 48 groups:
Z / n Z , n = 1 , … , 22 , 24 , … , 28 , 30 , 37 , \mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z},\qquad n=1,\ldots,22,24,\ldots,28,30,37, Z / n Z , n = 1 , … , 22 , 24 , … , 28 , 30 , 37 ,
Z / 2 Z × Z / 2 n Z , n = 1 , … , 10 , 12 , \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/2n\mathbb{Z},\qquad n=1,\ldots,10,12, Z /2 Z × Z /2 n Z , n = 1 , … , 10 , 12 ,
Z / 3 Z × Z / 3 n Z , n = 1 , … , 4 , \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/3n\mathbb{Z},\qquad n=1,\ldots,4, Z /3 Z × Z /3 n Z , n = 1 , … , 4 ,
Z / 4 Z × Z / 4 n Z , n = 1 , 2 , 3 , \mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/4n\mathbb{Z},\qquad n=1,2,3, Z /4 Z × Z /4 n Z , n = 1 , 2 , 3 ,
Z / 6 Z × Z / 6 Z \mathbb{Z}/6\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/6\mathbb{Z} Z /6 Z × Z /6 Z .
Equivalently, Φ ( 6 ) = Φ ∞ ( 6 ) ∪ { Z / 25 Z , Z / 37 Z , Z / 4 Z × Z / 12 Z , Z / 2 Z × Z / 24 Z } \Phi(6)=\Phi^{\infty}(6)\cup\{\mathbb{Z}/25\mathbb{Z},\mathbb{Z}/37\mathbb{Z},\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/12\mathbb{Z},\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z}\} Φ ( 6 ) = Φ ∞ ( 6 ) ∪ { Z /25 Z , Z /37 Z , Z /4 Z × Z /12 Z , Z /2 Z × Z /24 Z } .
The four sporadic groups are described by the following theorem, which is proved in § 10 . For two of them we determine all the elliptic curves in question.
Theorem 1.2. Let K K K be a number field of degree 6 and let E / K E/K E / K be an elliptic curve.
If E ( K ) E(K) E ( K ) has a point of order 37, then E ( K ) t o r s ≃ Z / 37 Z E(K)_{\mathrm{tors}}\simeq\mathbb{Z}/37\mathbb{Z} E ( K ) tors ≃ Z /37 Z , and up to isomorphism of the pair ( K , E ) (K,E) ( K , E ) , the field K K K is the cyclic sextic field K 37 K_{37} K 37 and E E E is the curve E 37 E_{37} E 37 of Proposition 10.1, a quadratic twist of 1225. b 2 1225.\mathrm{b}2 1225. b 2 .
If Z / 2 Z × Z / 24 Z ⊆ E ( K ) \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z}\subseteq E(K) Z /2 Z × Z /24 Z ⊆ E ( K ) , then E ( K ) t o r s ≃ Z / 2 Z × Z / 24 Z E(K)_{\mathrm{tors}}\simeq\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z} E ( K ) tors ≃ Z /2 Z × Z /24 Z , and up to isomorphism of the pair ( K , E ) (K,E) ( K , E ) , the field K K K is the field K 2 , 24 K_{2,24} K 2 , 24 of discriminant 231852 and E E E is the curve E 2 , 24 E_{2,24} E 2 , 24 of Proposition 10.3.
There exist elliptic curves over sextic fields with torsion groups Z / 25 Z \mathbb{Z}/25\mathbb{Z} Z /25 Z and Z / 4 Z × Z / 12 Z \mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/12\mathbb{Z} Z /4 Z × Z /12 Z , which are described in Proposition 10.2.
The curve in (2) is new. We do not determine all the elliptic curves over sextic fields with torsion Z / 25 Z \mathbb{Z}/25\mathbb{Z} Z /25 Z or Z / 4 Z × Z / 12 Z \mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/12\mathbb{Z} Z /4 Z × Z /12 Z . This is not needed for Theorem 1.1, since all the groups properly containing Z / 25 Z \mathbb{Z}/25\mathbb{Z} Z /25 Z or Z / 4 Z × Z / 12 Z \mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/12\mathbb{Z} Z /4 Z × Z /12 Z can be ruled out directly.
Outline of the proof and of the paper
As in [11 ] and [36 ] , the classification reduces to showing that certain modular curves X 1 ( m , n ) X_1(m,n) X 1 ( m , n ) have no non-cuspidal points of degree 6, or more precisely no points defined over a sextic field. In § 3 we show that 66 groups have to be analyzed. Nine of them contain Z / 37 Z \mathbb{Z}/37\mathbb{Z} Z /37 Z and are ruled out by the explicit description of the elliptic curves with a point of order 37 37 37 , and five more are reduced, by a 2 2 2 -isogeny, to groups of the form Z / 2 Z × Z / 2 n Z \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/2n\mathbb{Z} Z /2 Z × Z /2 n Z . The others are treated with the following methods.
The global method of [11 Proposition 4.3] , in the form used in [36 ] , eliminates eleven groups Z / n Z \mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} Z / n Z with large n n n (§ 4 ). For six other large n n n we use a variant of the diamond argument of [36 Proposition 7.2] , in which a single operator ⟨ a ⟩ − 1 \langle a\rangle- 1 ⟨ a ⟩ − 1 is replaced by a more general element of the group ring of the diamond operators.
When the Jacobian has rank 0 0 0 we use the criterion of [11 Proposition 5.2] , which shows that the elliptic curve must have good reduction at some prime above a suitable p p p (§ 5 ). When p = 2 p = 2 p = 2 this often requires a large gonality, and we replace this requirement by a condition on the dimensions of the Riemann–Roch spaces L ( 2 C ) L(2C) L ( 2 C ) of the cuspidal divisors C C C on X F 2 X_{\mathbb{F}_2} X F 2 , which we check by computation. The cases in which the elliptic curve does have good reduction at some prime above p p p are eliminated by the Hecke sieve of [11 Proposition 5.5] , which we use both over Q \mathbb{Q} Q and over Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) for m = 3 , 4 , 6 m = 3, 4, 6 m = 3 , 4 , 6 (§ 6 ).
Several cases are settled by computations in the group generated by the cuspidal divisor classes over a finite field (§ 7 ). This determines all the sextic points on X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) X_1(2,24) X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) , which is how we find the elliptic curves with torsion Z / 2 Z × Z / 24 Z \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z} Z /2 Z × Z /24 Z and rule out Z / 48 Z \mathbb{Z}/48\mathbb{Z} Z /48 Z . The groups Z / 36 Z \mathbb{Z}/36\mathbb{Z} Z /36 Z , Z / 2 Z × Z / 26 Z \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/26\mathbb{Z} Z /2 Z × Z /26 Z , Z / 3 Z × Z / 18 Z \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/18\mathbb{Z} Z /3 Z × Z /18 Z , Z / 2 Z × Z / 30 Z \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/30\mathbb{Z} Z /2 Z × Z /30 Z and Z / 54 Z \mathbb{Z}/54\mathbb{Z} Z /54 Z are also treated in this way, the last two by pushing divisors forward to quotient curves. For Z / 54 Z \mathbb{Z}/54\mathbb{Z} Z /54 Z this leaves only elliptic curves whose reductions modulo 5 5 5 have j j j -invariant 2 2 2 , and a 2 2 2 -isogeny excludes them.
The groups Z / 51 Z \mathbb{Z}/51\mathbb{Z} Z /51 Z , Z / 63 Z \mathbb{Z}/63\mathbb{Z} Z /63 Z and Z / 65 Z \mathbb{Z}/65\mathbb{Z} Z /65 Z (§ 8 ) required a new idea. For these n n n , every elliptic curve with a point of order n n n over a sextic field has bad reduction at all primes above 2 2 2 , but [11 Proposition 5.2] does not apply: for n = 51 n = 51 n = 51 our lower bound for the gonality of X 1 ( 51 ) X_1(51) X 1 ( 51 ) is too weak, and for n = 63 n = 63 n = 63 and 65 65 65 there are newforms of level dividing n n n with positive analytic rank, so we cannot use that J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) J_1(n)(\mathbb{Q}) J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) is finite. We show that the cuspidal reduction cannot occur by a formal immersion argument at 2 2 2 . The usual difficulty at p = 2 p = 2 p = 2 , namely that reduction is not injective on the 2 2 2 -torsion of the Jacobian, is resolved by Lemma 8.1 , which shows that T 2 − ⟨ 2 ⟩ T_2 - \langle2\rangle T 2 − ⟨ 2 ⟩ kills the 2 2 2 -torsion in the kernel of reduction, and the formal immersion condition then becomes a condition on the Cartier operator on the holomorphic differentials of a quotient of X 1 ( n ) X_1(n) X 1 ( n ) over F 2 \mathbb{F}_2 F 2 , which can be checked by linear algebra over F 2 \mathbb{F}_2 F 2 . For n = 65 n = 65 n = 65 (and n = 57 n = 57 n = 57 ) the Jacobian has positive rank, and we first show that the elliptic curve cannot have good reduction at a prime above 2 2 2 , using the known quadratic and cubic points on X 0 ( 57 ) X_0(57) X 0 ( 57 ) and X 0 ( 65 ) X_0(65) X 0 ( 65 ) (Section 9). The group Z / 57 Z \mathbb{Z}/57\mathbb{Z} Z /57 Z is then eliminated by a computation of the rational 2 2 2 -torsion of J 1 ( 57 ) J_1(57) J 1 ( 57 ) .
§ 10 contains the four sporadic groups and the proof of Theorem 1.1 , and § 11 describes the computations.
Data availability and reproducibility
All the code and all the logs of the computations described in this paper are available at
https://github.com/F-Najman/sextic_torsion
The README there lists, statement by statement, which script establishes each claim and which log it produced. In the digital form of this article, the words reporting a computation, such as “we compute”, are hyperlinks to the script that carries it out.
AI models were extensively used in the work leading to this paper. After completing [11 ] (with Derickx) and [36 ] and giving talks about this work, I was asked several times whether we could do such a classification for number fields of degree d > 5 d > 5 d > 5 . My answer was that I thought it was not possible as it would require explicit computations that did not seem feasible to me. To check whether this was correct, in mid-October 2026 I asked AI whether this was possible, and whether it could do it. To my surprise, it was able to complete the classifications of possible torsion groups of elliptic curves over number fields, not only in degree 6, but later also in degrees 7, 8, 9 and finally 10. After some initial hesitation about releasing primarily AI-generated mathematics, I decided that the results were simply too interesting and the mathematics too beautiful to just stay on my computer.
OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Sol produced almost all of the mathematical content of the first version of the proof and carried out most of the computations. Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5 reviewed that version, independently recomputed the relevant computations and the explicit examples, wrote the draft of the present manuscript and organized the code repository. I carefully reviewed the paper line by line and rewrote most parts of it. I understand it completely, and take full responsibility for the content of the paper.
Future work
As noted in the AI disclosure above, I have obtained AI-generated proofs that appear to prove a complete classification of the possible torsion groups of elliptic curves over number fields of degrees 7, 8, 9 and 10. Once I have fully understood and verified the arguments in degrees 7–9, I plan to combine the results for degrees 6–9 into a single paper, which I currently expect to be around 120 pages long. Degree 10 will stay in a separate paper for mathematical reasons and because of its length.
Notation and auxiliary results
Throughout, m ∣ n m \mid n m ∣ n are positive integers with m n > 4 mn > 4 mn > 4 . We denote by X : = X 1 ( m , n ) X := X_1(m,n) X := X 1 ( m , n ) the modular curve parametrizing triples ( E , P , Q ) (E,P,Q) ( E , P , Q ) consisting of a generalized elliptic curve E E E and points P , Q P,Q P , Q of orders m m m and n n n generating a subgroup of E [ n ] E[n] E [ n ] isomorphic to Z / m Z × Z / n Z \mathbb{Z}/m\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} Z / m Z × Z / n Z , such that the Weil pairing of P P P and ( n / m ) Q (n/m)Q ( n / m ) Q is ζ m \zeta_m ζ m . It is a smooth projective geometrically irreducible curve over Z [ ζ m , 1 / n ] \mathbb{Z}[\zeta_m,1/n] Z [ ζ m , 1/ n ] , and it is a fine moduli space when n > 4 n > 4 n > 4 (see [11 §2] and [14 §2] ). Every curve occurring below has n ≥ 5 n \ge5 n ≥ 5 , so we use the fine moduli interpretation throughout. We write Y 1 ( m , n ) Y_1(m,n) Y 1 ( m , n ) for the open subscheme obtained by removing the cusps, and J : = J 1 ( m , n ) J := J_1(m,n) J := J 1 ( m , n ) for the Jacobian of X X X . More generally, we write J ( Y ) J(Y) J ( Y ) for the Jacobian of a curve Y Y Y , and J J J for J ( X ) J(X) J ( X ) when the curve X X X is clear from the context. We abbreviate X 1 ( n ) : = X 1 ( 1 , n ) X_1(n) := X_1(1,n) X 1 ( n ) := X 1 ( 1 , n ) and J 1 ( n ) : = J 1 ( 1 , n ) J_1(n) := J_1(1,n) J 1 ( n ) := J 1 ( 1 , n ) . For m ≤ 2 m \le2 m ≤ 2 the curve X X X is defined over Q \mathbb{Q} Q . For d ≥ 1 d \ge1 d ≥ 1 we write X ( d ) X^{(d)} X ( d ) for the d d d th symmetric power of X X X , and X ( d ) ( Q ( ζ m ) ) X^{(d)}(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)) X ( d ) ( Q ( ζ m )) is the set of effective Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) -rational divisors of degree d d d on X X X . For a curve X X X over a field F F F with a set of cusps, such as X 1 ( m , n ) X_1(m,n) X 1 ( m , n ) over Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) or a quotient of it, we write Cl F 0 X \operatorname{Cl}_F^0 X Cl F 0 X for the subgroup of J ( F ) J(F) J ( F ) generated by the classes of the F F F -rational divisors of degree 0 0 0 supported on the cusps. As sums and negatives of such divisors are again such divisors, every element of Cl F 0 X \operatorname{Cl}_F^0 X Cl F 0 X is the class of a single (not necessarily effective) F F F -rational cuspidal divisor of degree 0 0 0 . For a divisor D D D on a curve X X X over a field k k k we write L ( D ) : = { f ∈ k ( X ) × : div ( f ) + D ≥ 0 } ∪ { 0 } L(D) := \{f \in k(X)^\times: \operatorname{div}(f) + D \ge0\} \cup\{0\} L ( D ) := { f ∈ k ( X ) × : div ( f ) + D ≥ 0 } ∪ { 0 } for its Riemann–Roch space. Similarly, we write Ω ( D ) \Omega(D) Ω ( D ) for the space consisting of 0 0 0 and the non-zero differentials ω \omega ω on X X X with div ( ω ) ≥ D \operatorname{div}(\omega) \ge D div ( ω ) ≥ D . Then Ω ( 0 ) = H 0 ( X , Ω 1 ) \Omega(0) = H^0(X,\Omega^1) Ω ( 0 ) = H 0 ( X , Ω 1 ) is the space of holomorphic differentials on X X X , and if D = ∑ P m P P D = \sum_P m_P P D = ∑ P m P P is effective, then Ω ( D ) \Omega(D) Ω ( D ) is its subspace of the differentials that vanish to order at least m P m_P m P at every P P P . The Riemann–Roch theorem states that dim L ( D ) = deg D + 1 − g + dim Ω ( D ) \dim L(D) = \deg D + 1 - g + \dim\Omega(D) dim L ( D ) = deg D + 1 − g + dim Ω ( D ) , where g g g is the genus of X X X .
Let K K K be a number field of degree 6 and E / K E/K E / K an elliptic curve with Z / m Z × Z / n Z ≃ E ( K ) \mathbb{Z}/m\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} \simeq E(K) Z / m Z × Z / n Z ≃ E ( K ) . By the Weil pairing Q ( ζ m ) ⊆ K \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) \subseteq K Q ( ζ m ) ⊆ K , so φ ( m ) ∣ 6 \varphi(m) \mid6 φ ( m ) ∣ 6 , and we put d m : = 6 / φ ( m ) = [ K : Q ( ζ m ) ] d_m := 6/\varphi(m) = [K : \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)] d m := 6/ φ ( m ) = [ K : Q ( ζ m )] . Choosing generators P , Q P,Q P , Q with the right Weil pairing we obtain a point x ∈ Y 1 ( m , n ) ( K ) x \in Y_1(m,n)(K) x ∈ Y 1 ( m , n ) ( K ) . We write x ( d m ) x^{(d_m)} x ( d m ) for the sum of the Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) -conjugates of x x x , each counted [ K : Q ( ζ m ) ( x ) ] [K:\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)(x)] [ K : Q ( ζ m ) ( x )] times. It is an effective Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) -rational divisor of degree d m d_m d m on X X X whose support contains no cusp, and we call it the trace divisor of x x x . If m ≤ 2 m \le2 m ≤ 2 , then Q ( ζ m ) = Q \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)=\mathbb{Q} Q ( ζ m ) = Q and d m = 6 d_m=6 d m = 6 , and we also write x ( 6 ) x^{(6)} x ( 6 ) . All the arguments below are applied to trace divisors, so they also cover the case in which the residue field Q ( ζ m ) ( x ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)(x) Q ( ζ m ) ( x ) is smaller than K K K . We say that two pairs ( K , E ) (K,E) ( K , E ) and ( K ′ , E ′ ) (K',E') ( K ′ , E ′ ) , consisting of a number field and an elliptic curve over it, are isomorphic if there is a field isomorphism σ : K → K ′ \sigma:K\to K' σ : K → K ′ such that E σ ≃ E ′ E^\sigma\simeq E' E σ ≃ E ′ over K ′ K' K ′ .
The cusps of X 1 ( m , n ) X_1(m,n) X 1 ( m , n ) correspond to Néron k k k -gons with m ∣ k ∣ n m\mid k\mid n m ∣ k ∣ n together with a level structure (see [11 §2] ). All cusps are defined over Q ( ζ n ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_n) Q ( ζ n ) , and Gal ( Q ( ζ n ) / Q ( ζ m ) ) \operatorname{Gal}(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_n)/\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)) Gal ( Q ( ζ n ) / Q ( ζ m )) acts on them through its action on G m \mathbb{G}_m G m . The cuspidal subscheme is finite étale over Z [ ζ m , 1 n ] \mathbb{Z}[\zeta_m,\frac{1}{n}] Z [ ζ m , n 1 ] . We denote by c 0 c_0 c 0 the cusp given by the Néron n n n -gon together with the level structure ( a , b ) ↦ ( ζ m a , b ) (a,b)\mapsto(\zeta_m^a,b) ( a , b ) ↦ ( ζ m a , b ) (see [11 Lemma 2.8] ), which is Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) -rational. From the description of the cusps of X 1 ( n ) X_1(n) X 1 ( n ) in [11 §2] it follows that a cusp of X 1 ( n ) X_1(n) X 1 ( n ) lying on a Néron d d d -gon is fixed by the diamond operator ⟨ a ⟩ \langle a\rangle ⟨ a ⟩ (defined below) only if a ≡ ε ( m o d d ) a\equiv\varepsilon\pmod d a ≡ ε ( mod d ) and a ≡ ε ( m o d n / d ) a\equiv\varepsilon\pmod{n/d} a ≡ ε ( mod n / d ) for a common sign ε = ± 1 \varepsilon=\pm1 ε = ± 1 . In particular a a a is then congruent to ε \varepsilon ε modulo every prime dividing n n n .
For a congruence subgroup Γ ⊆ SL 2 ( Z ) \Gamma\subseteq\operatorname{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z}) Γ ⊆ SL 2 ( Z ) we write Γ ‾ \overline{\Gamma} Γ for its image in PSL 2 ( Z ) \operatorname{PSL}_2(\mathbb{Z}) PSL 2 ( Z ) . The curve X 1 ( m , n ) C X_1(m,n)_{\mathbb{C}} X 1 ( m , n ) C is the modular curve of the group Γ 1 ( n ) ∩ Γ ( m ) \Gamma_1(n)\cap\Gamma(m) Γ 1 ( n ) ∩ Γ ( m ) , and for n > 2 n>2 n > 2 we have
[ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ 1 ( n ) ∩ Γ ( m ) ‾ ] = m 2 n 2 ∏ ℓ ∣ n ( 1 − ℓ − 2 ) , [\operatorname{PSL}_2(\mathbb{Z}):\overline{\Gamma_1(n)\cap\Gamma(m)}]=\frac{m}{2}n^2\prod_{\ell\mid n}(1-\ell^{-2}), [ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ 1 ( n ) ∩ Γ ( m ) ] = 2 m n 2 ℓ ∣ n ∏ ( 1 − ℓ − 2 ) ,
the product being over the primes dividing n n n .
For a ∈ ( Z / n Z ) × a\in(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})^\times a ∈ ( Z / n Z ) × we write ⟨ a ⟩ \langle a\rangle ⟨ a ⟩ for the diamond automorphism ( E , P , Q ) ↦ ( E , a − 1 P , a Q ) (E,P,Q)\mapsto(E,a^{-1}P,aQ) ( E , P , Q ) ↦ ( E , a − 1 P , a Q ) of X 1 ( m , n ) X_1(m,n) X 1 ( m , n ) , which preserves the Weil pairing. For m ≤ 2 m\le2 m ≤ 2 it is the usual diamond operator ( E , P , Q ) ↦ ( E , a P , a Q ) (E,P,Q)\mapsto(E,aP,aQ) ( E , P , Q ) ↦ ( E , a P , a Q ) . It depends only on a a a modulo ± 1 \pm1 ± 1 , and we call Δ ( n ) : = ( Z / n Z ) × / { ± 1 } \Delta(n):=(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})^\times/\{\pm1\} Δ ( n ) := ( Z / n Z ) × / { ± 1 } the group of diamond operators. We write Z [ Δ ( n ) ] \mathbb{Z}[\Delta(n)] Z [ Δ ( n )] for its group ring. It acts on divisors, on divisor classes and on J J J . For a 1 , … , a r ∈ ( Z / n Z ) × a_1,\ldots,a_r\in(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})^\times a 1 , … , a r ∈ ( Z / n Z ) × we write X / ⟨ a 1 , … , a r ⟩ X/\langle a_1,\ldots,a_r\rangle X / ⟨ a 1 , … , a r ⟩ for the quotient of X X X by the subgroup of Δ ( n ) \Delta(n) Δ ( n ) generated by ⟨ a 1 ⟩ , … , ⟨ a r ⟩ \langle a_1\rangle,\ldots,\langle a_r\rangle ⟨ a 1 ⟩ , … , ⟨ a r ⟩ . For a prime q ∤ n q\nmid n q ∤ n with q ≡ 1 ( m o d m ) q\equiv1\pmod m q ≡ 1 ( mod m ) we write T q T_q T q for the Hecke correspondence
T q ( E , P , Q ) = ∑ G ( E / G , P m o d G , Q m o d G ) , T_q(E,P,Q)=\sum_{G}(E/G,P\bmod G,Q\bmod G), T q ( E , P , Q ) = G ∑ ( E / G , P mod G , Q mod G ) ,
the sum being over the q + 1 q+1 q + 1 subgroups G ⊆ E [ q ] G\subseteq E[q] G ⊆ E [ q ] of order q q q , and we set
A q : = T q − q ⟨ q ⟩ − 1. A_q:=T_q-q\langle q\rangle-1. A q := T q − q ⟨ q ⟩ − 1.
The congruence q ≡ 1 ( m o d m ) q\equiv1\pmod m q ≡ 1 ( mod m ) ensures that T q T_q T q preserves the Weil pairing, and that q q q splits completely in Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) . The operator A q A_q A q commutes with Z [ Δ ( n ) ] \mathbb{Z}[\Delta(n)] Z [ Δ ( n )] .
Proposition 2.1. Let q ∤ 2 n q\nmid2n q ∤ 2 n be a prime with q ≡ 1 ( m o d m ) q\equiv1\pmod m q ≡ 1 ( mod m ) .
(Eichler–Shimura) T q , F q = Frob q + ⟨ q ⟩ F q , ∗ Ver q T_{q,\mathbb{F}_q}=\operatorname{Frob}_q+\langle q\rangle_{\mathbb{F}_q,*}\operatorname{Ver}_q T q , F q = Frob q + ⟨ q ⟩ F q , ∗ Ver q on J F q J_{\mathbb{F}_q} J F q , where F q \mathbb{F}_q F q is the residue field of a prime of Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) above q q q .
If L ⊇ Q ( ζ m ) L\supseteq\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) L ⊇ Q ( ζ m ) is a number field in which q q q splits completely then A q ( J ( L ) t o r s ) = 0 A_q(J(L)_{\mathrm{tors}})=0 A q ( J ( L ) tors ) = 0 .
A q ( c 0 ) = 0 A_q(c_0)=0 A q ( c 0 ) = 0 as a divisor.
If rk J ( Q ( ζ m ) ) = 0 \operatorname{rk}J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m))=0 rk J ( Q ( ζ m )) = 0 then [ A q ( D ) ] = 0 [A_q(D)]=0 [ A q ( D )] = 0 for every D ∈ X ( d ) ( Q ( ζ m ) ) D\in X^{(d)}(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)) D ∈ X ( d ) ( Q ( ζ m )) and every d d d .
Proof. For m ≤ 2 m\le2 m ≤ 2 these are, respectively, [11 (2.2)] , [11 Proposition 2.6] , [11 Lemma 2.8] and [11 Lemma 5.4] . For m ≥ 3 m\ge3 m ≥ 3 the curve X 1 ( m , n ) X_1(m,n) X 1 ( m , n ) is, over Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) , isomorphic to the quotient of X 1 ( m n ) X_1(mn) X 1 ( mn ) by the diamond operators congruent to 1 1 1 modulo n n n [14 §2] , and this isomorphism is compatible with T q T_q T q and ⟨ q ⟩ \langle q\rangle ⟨ q ⟩ for q ≡ 1 ( m o d m ) q\equiv1\pmod m q ≡ 1 ( mod m ) . Hence (1) follows from the Eichler–Shimura relation on X 1 ( m n ) X_1(mn) X 1 ( mn ) [9 (10.2.3)] , and the proofs of [11 Proposition 2.6, Lemma 2.8 and Lemma 5.4] carry over verbatim. □
We will also use the following results.
(Manin–Drinfeld [31 Dri73] ) the class of a degree 0 cuspidal divisor on X X X is torsion in J ( Q ) J(\mathbb{Q}) J ( Q ) ;
(Katz [24 Appendix] ) if p > 2 p > 2 p > 2 is a prime of good reduction of J J J and ℘ \wp ℘ is a prime of a number field L L L above p p p which is unramified in L L L , then reduction modulo ℘ \wp ℘ is injective on J ( L ) t o r s J(L)_{\mathrm{tors}} J ( L ) tors ;
(Parent [40 Proposition 2.4] ) if A A A is an abelian variety over a number field L L L with good reduction at a prime λ \lambda λ above 2 which is unramified in L L L , then the kernel of reduction modulo λ \lambda λ on A ( L ) t o r s A(L)_{\mathrm{tors}} A ( L ) tors is trivial or of exponent 2. Indeed, this kernel is contained in the group of points of the formal group of the Néron model of A A A at λ \lambda λ with coordinates in the maximal ideal, and multiplication by 2 maps it into the subgroup of points with coordinates in the square of the maximal ideal, which is torsion-free as λ \lambda λ is unramified over 2. We apply this to J J J for 2 ∤ n 2 \nmid n 2 ∤ n and to the Jacobians of quotients of X 1 ( n ) X_1(n) X 1 ( n ) with good reduction at 2;
(Abramovich [1 Theorem 0.1] , with the bound λ 1 ≥ 975 / 4096 \lambda_1 \ge975/4096 λ 1 ≥ 975/4096 of Kim–Sarnak [Kim03, Appendix 2]) for a congruence subgroup Γ ⊆ PSL 2 ( Z ) \Gamma\subseteq\operatorname{PSL}_2(\mathbb{Z}) Γ ⊆ PSL 2 ( Z ) ,
gon C X Γ ≥ 325 2 15 [ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ ] ; \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{C}} X_\Gamma\ge\frac{325}{2^{15}}[\operatorname{PSL}_2(\mathbb{Z}):\Gamma]; gon C X Γ ≥ 2 15 325 [ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ ] ;
(Kato [25 Corollary 14.3] ) if A A A is a quotient of J 1 ( n ) J_1(n) J 1 ( n ) over Q \mathbb{Q} Q with L ( A , 1 ) ≠ 0 L(A,1) \ne0 L ( A , 1 ) = 0 , then A ( Q ) A(\mathbb{Q}) A ( Q ) is finite;
(Clark–Genao–Pollack–Saia [6 ] ) the exact values of the least degree d C M X 1 ( n ) d_{\mathrm{CM}}X_1(n) d CM X 1 ( n ) of a CM point on X 1 ( n ) X_1(n) X 1 ( n ) that we quote are taken from the list dcm_list_all_min_orders_X1_10k.m in the repository https://github.com/fsaia/least-cm-degree accompanying [6 ] .
We compute all the values of Abramovich’s bound and all the orders of diamond operators that we quote below.
Finally, we state the two standard reduction lemmas.
Lemma 2.2. Let K K K be a number field, let E / K E/K E / K be an elliptic curve with Z / m Z × Z / n Z ⊆ E ( K ) \mathbb{Z}/m\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} \subseteq E(K) Z / m Z × Z / n Z ⊆ E ( K ) , and let ℘ \wp ℘ be a prime of K K K above a rational prime p ∤ n p \nmid n p ∤ n . Then E E E does not have additive reduction at ℘ \wp ℘ .
Proof. This is contained in the proof of Proposition 5.2 of [11 ] . If E E E had additive reduction at ℘ \wp ℘ , the special fibre of the Néron model would have a ⋅ # F ℘ a \cdot\#\mathbb{F}_{\wp} a ⋅ # F ℘ points over F ℘ \mathbb{F}_{\wp} F ℘ , where a ≤ 4 a \le4 a ≤ 4 is the order of the component group and # F ℘ \#\mathbb{F}_{\wp} # F ℘ is a power of p p p . Reduction is injective on the prime-to-p p p torsion of E ( K ) E(K) E ( K ) , so m n ∣ a ≤ 4 mn \mid a \le4 mn ∣ a ≤ 4 , contradicting m n > 4 mn > 4 mn > 4 . □ \square □
Lemma 2.3 ([11 Lemma 5.3] ). Let p ∤ n p \nmid n p ∤ n be a prime and let K ⊇ Q ( ζ m ) K \supseteq\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) K ⊇ Q ( ζ m ) be a number field. Suppose that for every prime ℘ \wp ℘ of K K K above p p p there is no elliptic curve E ′ E' E ′ over the residue field F ℘ \mathbb{F}_{\wp} F ℘ with Z / m Z × Z / n Z ⊆ E ′ ( F ℘ ) \mathbb{Z}/m\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} \subseteq E'(\mathbb{F}_{\wp}) Z / m Z × Z / n Z ⊆ E ′ ( F ℘ ) . Then no elliptic curve E / K E/K E / K with Z / m Z × Z / n Z ⊆ E ( K ) \mathbb{Z}/m\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} \subseteq E(K) Z / m Z × Z / n Z ⊆ E ( K ) has good reduction at a prime of K K K above p p p .
Whenever we invoke Lemma 2.3 , the hypothesis follows from the Hasse bound, from Waterhouse’s description [Wat69, Theorem 4.1] of the possible traces of Frobenius, or from an explicit enumeration of all elliptic curves over the relevant finite fields. For example, over F 64 \mathbb{F}_{64} F 64 the possible traces of Frobenius are the odd integers t t t with ∣ t ∣ ≤ 16 |t| \le16 ∣ t ∣ ≤ 16 together with t ∈ { 0 , ± 8 , ± 16 } t \in\{0,\pm8,\pm16\} t ∈ { 0 , ± 8 , ± 16 } , so no elliptic curve over F 64 \mathbb{F}_{64} F 64 has exactly 51, 55, 63, 75 or 77 points. If # E ( F 64 ) = 81 \#E(\mathbb{F}_{64}) = 81 # E ( F 64 ) = 81 , then the Frobenius π \pi π satisfies ( π + 8 ) 2 = 0 (\pi+ 8)^2 = 0 ( π + 8 ) 2 = 0 , so π = − 8 \pi= -8 π = − 8 as End ( E ) \operatorname{End}(E) End ( E ) has no non-zero nilpotents, and E ( F 64 ) = ker ( 1 − π ) = E [ 9 ] E(\mathbb{F}_{64}) = \ker(1-\pi) = E[9] E ( F 64 ) = ker ( 1 − π ) = E [ 9 ] . Similarly, if # E ( F 64 ) = 49 \#E(\mathbb{F}_{64}) = 49 # E ( F 64 ) = 49 , then π = 8 \pi= 8 π = 8 and E ( F 64 ) = E [ 7 ] E(\mathbb{F}_{64}) = E[7] E ( F 64 ) = E [ 7 ] .
We will often use the following simple lemma. Its first part is the argument at the end of the proof of [36 Proposition 7.2] .
Lemma 2.4. Let H ⊆ Δ ( n ) H \subseteq\Delta(n) H ⊆ Δ ( n ) be a subgroup and let D D D be a divisor on X 1 ( n ) X_1(n) X 1 ( n ) whose support consists of non-cuspidal non-CM points. Then no element h ≠ 1 h \ne1 h = 1 of H H H fixes a geometric point in the support of D D D . If moreover h D = D hD = D h D = D for all h ∈ H h \in H h ∈ H , then the geometric points in the support of D D D form a union of H H H -orbits of length # H \#H # H , and D = ∑ O m O ∑ x ∈ O x D = \sum_O m_O \sum_{x \in O} x D = ∑ O m O ∑ x ∈ O x , where O O O runs over these orbits. In particular # H ∣ deg D \#H \mid\deg D # H ∣ deg D .
Proof. If ⟨ a ⟩ \langle a\rangle ⟨ a ⟩ fixes a geometric point x = ( E , P ) x = (E, P) x = ( E , P ) in the support of D D D , then ( E , a P ) ≃ ( E , P ) (E, aP) \simeq(E, P) ( E , a P ) ≃ ( E , P ) , so there is an automorphism u u u of E E E with u ( P ) = a P u(P) = aP u ( P ) = a P . As E E E has no complex multiplication, Aut ( E ) = { ± 1 } \operatorname{Aut}(E) = \{\pm1\} Aut ( E ) = { ± 1 } , so a P = ± P aP = \pm P a P = ± P , and as P P P has order n n n , we get a ≡ ± 1 ( m o d n ) a \equiv\pm1 \pmod n a ≡ ± 1 ( mod n ) , that is, ⟨ a ⟩ = 1 \langle a\rangle= 1 ⟨ a ⟩ = 1 in Δ ( n ) \Delta(n) Δ ( n ) . If h D = D hD = D h D = D for all h ∈ H h \in H h ∈ H , then D D D has the same coefficient at x x x and at h x hx h x , so the geometric points in the support of D D D form a union of H H H -orbits and the coefficients of D D D are constant on each of them. By the first part, each orbit has length # H \#H # H .
The groups that have to be considered
Call a finite abelian group G G G a sextic torsion group if G ≃ E ( K ) t o r s G \simeq E(K)_{\mathrm{tors}} G ≃ E ( K ) tors for some elliptic curve E E E over some number field K K K of degree 6. Every such G G G is isomorphic to Z / m Z × Z / n Z \mathbb{Z}/m\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} Z / m Z × Z / n Z with m ∣ n m \mid n m ∣ n . Put
B : = Φ ∞ ( 6 ) ∪ { Z / 25 Z , Z / 37 Z , Z / 4 Z × Z / 12 Z , Z / 2 Z × Z / 24 Z } . \mathcal{B} := \Phi^\infty(6) \cup\{\mathbb{Z}/25\mathbb{Z}, \mathbb{Z}/37\mathbb{Z}, \mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/12\mathbb{Z}, \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z}\}. B := Φ ∞ ( 6 ) ∪ { Z /25 Z , Z /37 Z , Z /4 Z × Z /12 Z , Z /2 Z × Z /24 Z } .
We will show in § 10 that all the groups in B \mathcal{B} B are sextic torsion groups. Note that B \mathcal{B} B is closed under passing to subgroups.
Lemma 3.1. Let G \mathcal{G} G be the set of groups G = Z / m Z × Z / n Z G = \mathbb{Z}/m\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} G = Z / m Z × Z / n Z , m ∣ n m \mid n m ∣ n , such that
G ∉ B G \notin\mathcal{B} G ∈ / B , while H ∈ B H \in\mathcal{B} H ∈ B for every proper subgroup H ⊊ G H \subsetneq G H ⊊ G ;
φ ( m ) ∣ 6 \varphi(m) \mid6 φ ( m ) ∣ 6 ;
every prime divisor of n n n lies in S ( 6 ) = { 2 , 3 , 5 , 7 , 11 , 13 , 17 , 19 , 37 } S(6) = \{2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 37\} S ( 6 ) = { 2 , 3 , 5 , 7 , 11 , 13 , 17 , 19 , 37 } .
Then G \mathcal{G} G consists of the following 66 groups:
Z / n Z for n ∈ { 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 42 , 44 , 45 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 60 , 63 , 65 , 75 , 77 , 81 , 85 , 91 , 95 , 119 , 121 , 125 , 133 , 143 , 169 , 187 , 209 , 221 , 247 , 289 , 323 , 361 } , Z / 37 n Z for n ∈ { 2 , 3 , 5 , 7 , 11 , 13 , 17 , 19 , 37 } , Z / 2 Z × Z / 2 n Z for n ∈ { 11 , 13 , 14 , 15 } , Z / 3 Z × Z / 3 n Z for n ∈ { 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 } , Z / 4 Z × Z / 4 n Z for n ∈ { 4 , 5 , 6 } , Z / 6 Z × Z / 12 Z , Z / 7 Z × Z / 7 Z , Z / 9 Z × Z / 9 Z . \begin{aligned}
&\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}\quad\text{for }n \in\{32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50,\\
&\qquad51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 60, 63, 65, 75, 77, 81, 85, 91, 95,\\
&\qquad119, 121, 125, 133, 143, 169, 187, 209, 221, 247, 289, 323, 361\},\\
&\mathbb{Z}/37n\mathbb{Z}\quad\text{for }n \in\{2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 37\},\\
&\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/2n\mathbb{Z}\quad\text{for }n \in\{11, 13, 14, 15\},\\
&\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/3n\mathbb{Z}\quad\text{for }n \in\{5, 6, 7, 8, 9\},\\
&\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/4n\mathbb{Z}\quad\text{for }n \in\{4, 5, 6\},\\
&\mathbb{Z}/6\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/12\mathbb{Z},\quad\mathbb{Z}/7\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/7\mathbb{Z},\quad\mathbb{Z}/9\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/9\mathbb{Z}.
\end{aligned} Z / n Z for n ∈ { 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 42 , 44 , 45 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 60 , 63 , 65 , 75 , 77 , 81 , 85 , 91 , 95 , 119 , 121 , 125 , 133 , 143 , 169 , 187 , 209 , 221 , 247 , 289 , 323 , 361 } , Z /37 n Z for n ∈ { 2 , 3 , 5 , 7 , 11 , 13 , 17 , 19 , 37 } , Z /2 Z × Z /2 n Z for n ∈ { 11 , 13 , 14 , 15 } , Z /3 Z × Z /3 n Z for n ∈ { 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 } , Z /4 Z × Z /4 n Z for n ∈ { 4 , 5 , 6 } , Z /6 Z × Z /12 Z , Z /7 Z × Z /7 Z , Z /9 Z × Z /9 Z . Moreover every sextic torsion group not in B \mathcal{B} B contains a member of G \mathcal{G} G .
Proof. Conditions (2) and (3) are necessary for G G G to be a subgroup of E ( K ) E(K) E ( K ) for a sextic field K K K . The Weil pairing forces Q ( ζ m ) ⊆ K \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) \subseteq K Q ( ζ m ) ⊆ K , so φ ( m ) ∣ 6 \varphi(m) \mid6 φ ( m ) ∣ 6 , and if p ∣ n p \mid n p ∣ n then there is a point of order p p p over a sextic field, so p ∈ S ( 6 ) p \in S(6) p ∈ S ( 6 ) by [10 Theorem 1.2] . Since B \mathcal{B} B is closed under passing to subgroups, a sextic torsion group not in B \mathcal{B} B contains a minimal group not in B \mathcal{B} B , which satisfies (1), (2) and (3). The set G \mathcal{G} G is finite: if G = Z / n Z G = \mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} G = Z / n Z is not of prime order, then Z / ( n / p ) Z ∈ B \mathbb{Z}/(n/p)\mathbb{Z} \in\mathcal{B} Z / ( n / p ) Z ∈ B for every prime p ∣ n p \mid n p ∣ n , so n / p ≤ 37 n/p \le37 n / p ≤ 37 and n ≤ 37 2 n \le37^2 n ≤ 3 7 2 , and if m > 1 m > 1 m > 1 then Z / n Z ∈ B \mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} \in\mathcal{B} Z / n Z ∈ B , so n ≤ 37 n \le37 n ≤ 37 . We compute the list by a finite enumeration.
Let G = Z / m Z × Z / n Z ∈ G G = \mathbb{Z}/m\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} \in\mathcal{G} G = Z / m Z × Z / n Z ∈ G . An elliptic curve E E E over a sextic field K K K with G ↪ E ( K ) G \hookrightarrow E(K) G ↪ E ( K ) gives a point x ∈ Y 1 ( m , n ) ( K ) x \in Y_1(m,n)(K) x ∈ Y 1 ( m , n ) ( K ) and a trace divisor x ( d m ) x^{(d_m)} x ( d m ) as in § 2 . Conversely, a point of Y 1 ( m , n ) Y_1(m,n) Y 1 ( m , n ) defined over a sextic field gives such a pair ( K , E ) (K,E) ( K , E ) , as X 1 ( m , n ) X_1(m,n) X 1 ( m , n ) is a fine moduli space. Hence G G G is a subgroup of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field if and only if X 1 ( m , n ) X_1(m,n) X 1 ( m , n ) has a non-cuspidal point whose residue field is contained in a field of degree d m d_m d m over Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) . To rule out G G G we show that no effective Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) -rational divisor of degree d m d_m d m on X 1 ( m , n ) X_1(m,n) X 1 ( m , n ) with non-cuspidal support can be a trace divisor.
Several members of G \mathcal{G} G are reduced to others by a 2-isogeny.
Lemma 3.2. Let k ≥ 2 k \ge2 k ≥ 2 . There is a Q \mathbb{Q} Q -rational morphism X 1 ( 4 k ) → X 1 ( 2 , 2 k ) X_1(4k) \to X_1(2,2k) X 1 ( 4 k ) → X 1 ( 2 , 2 k ) , ( E , P ) ↦ ( E / ⟨ 2 k P ⟩ , Q , P m o d ⟨ 2 k P ⟩ ) (E,P) \mapsto(E/\langle2kP\rangle,Q,P\bmod\langle2kP\rangle) ( E , P ) ↦ ( E / ⟨ 2 k P ⟩ , Q , P mod ⟨ 2 k P ⟩) , where Q Q Q generates E [ 2 ] / ⟨ 2 k P ⟩ E[2]/\langle2kP\rangle E [ 2 ] / ⟨ 2 k P ⟩ . Hence, if Z / 2 Z × Z / 2 k Z \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/2k\mathbb{Z} Z /2 Z × Z /2 k Z is not a subgroup of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field, then neither is Z / 4 k Z \mathbb{Z}/4k\mathbb{Z} Z /4 k Z .
Proof. The morphism is the one described in [11 §2] (see also [14 §2] ). It maps non-cuspidal points to non-cuspidal points, and the image of a point defined over K K K is defined over K K K . □
We will apply Lemma 3.2 with k = 11 , 13 , 14 , 15 k = 11, 13, 14, 15 k = 11 , 13 , 14 , 15 to rule out Z / 44 Z \mathbb{Z}/44\mathbb{Z} Z /44 Z , Z / 52 Z \mathbb{Z}/52\mathbb{Z} Z /52 Z , Z / 56 Z \mathbb{Z}/56\mathbb{Z} Z /56 Z and Z / 60 Z \mathbb{Z}/60\mathbb{Z} Z /60 Z . For k = 12 k = 12 k = 12 the hypothesis fails, as Z / 2 Z × Z / 24 Z \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z} Z /2 Z × Z /24 Z is a sextic torsion group, and Z / 48 Z \mathbb{Z}/48\mathbb{Z} Z /48 Z requires a separate argument, given in Proposition 10.4 .
The rest of the paper treats the 66 groups of Lemma 3.1 one family at a time. Table 1 shows where each of them is dealt with.
Table 1. Treatment of the 66 groups of Lemma 3.1 .
The global method and diamond operators
In this section we eliminate the seventeen groups Z / n Z \mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} Z / n Z with n ≥ 77 n \ge77 n ≥ 77 , 37 ∤ n 37 \nmid n 37 ∤ n and n ≠ 81 n \ne81 n = 81 . Throughout the section we use the following consequence of Kato’s theorem, as in [36 §7] . If ψ ∈ Z [ Δ ( n ) ] \psi\in\mathbb{Z}[\Delta(n)] ψ ∈ Z [ Δ ( n )] annihilates every isogeny factor A [ f ] A_{[f]} A [ f ] of J 1 ( n ) J_1(n) J 1 ( n ) with L ( f , 1 ) = 0 L(f,1) = 0 L ( f , 1 ) = 0 , then ψ ( J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) ) \psi(J_1(n)(\mathbb{Q})) ψ ( J 1 ( n ) ( Q )) is finite. This holds because J 1 ( n ) J_1(n) J 1 ( n ) is isogenous to ⨁ n ′ ∣ n ⨁ f A [ f ] σ 0 ( n / n ′ ) \bigoplus_{n' \mid n}\bigoplus_{f} A_{[f]}^{\sigma_0(n/n')} ⨁ n ′ ∣ n ⨁ f A [ f ] σ 0 ( n / n ′ ) , the inner sum being over the Galois orbits of newforms of weight 2 and level n ′ n' n ′ , and this decomposition is equivariant for the diamond operators, ⟨ a ⟩ \langle a\rangle ⟨ a ⟩ acting on A [ f ] A_{[f]} A [ f ] through χ f ( a ) \chi_f(a) χ f ( a ) , where χ f \chi_f χ f is the nebentypus of f f f . For an f f f with L ( f , 1 ) ≠ 0 L(f,1) \ne0 L ( f , 1 ) = 0 the group A [ f ] ( Q ) A_{[f]}(\mathbb{Q}) A [ f ] ( Q ) is finite by Kato’s theorem. In particular, an element ψ = ∑ a c a ⟨ a ⟩ \psi= \sum_a c_a\langle a\rangle ψ = ∑ a c a ⟨ a ⟩ has this property if ∑ a c a χ f ( a ) = 0 \sum_a c_a\chi_f(a) = 0 ∑ a c a χ f ( a ) = 0 for every newform f f f of level dividing n n n with L ( f , 1 ) = 0 L(f,1) = 0 L ( f , 1 ) = 0 . All the analytic ranks that we use are taken from the LMFDB [30 ] , where they are recorded as proved, and we check them and the character values below.
The global method
The main tool is [11 Proposition 4.3] , due to Derickx. We use it in the form of [36 Proposition 4.1] : let n n n be an integer with 3 ∤ n 3 \nmid n 3 ∤ n , let a ∈ ( Z / n Z ) × a \in(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})^\times a ∈ ( Z / n Z ) × be such that ( ⟨ a ⟩ − 1 ) J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) (\langle a\rangle- 1)J_1(n)(\mathbb{Q}) (⟨ a ⟩ − 1 ) J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) is finite, and put k 3 : = 7 k_3 := 7 k 3 := 7 if a ∈ { 3 , 3 − 1 } a \in\{3,3^{-1}\} a ∈ { 3 , 3 − 1 } and k 3 : = 8 k_3 := 8 k 3 := 8 otherwise. If
6 k 3 < 325 2 15 [ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ ‾ 1 ( n ) ] , ord ⟨ a ⟩ ∤ 6 , d C M X 1 ( n ) > 6 , (2) 6k_3 < \frac{325}{2^{15}}[\operatorname{PSL}_2(\mathbb{Z}):\overline{\Gamma}_1(n)], \qquad\operatorname{ord}\langle a\rangle\nmid6, \qquad d_{\mathrm{CM}}X_1(n)>6, \tag*{(2)} 6 k 3 < 2 15 325 [ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ 1 ( n )] , ord ⟨ a ⟩ ∤ 6 , d CM X 1 ( n ) > 6 , (2)
then X 1 ( n ) X_1(n) X 1 ( n ) has no non-cuspidal point of degree dividing 6. The proof of [36 Proposition 4.1] applies without change with d = 6 d = 6 d = 6 in place of d = 5 d = 5 d = 5 . The point is that [11 Proposition 4.3] shows that an effective Q \mathbb{Q} Q -rational divisor of degree 6 on X 1 ( n ) X_1(n) X 1 ( n ) without cusps in its support, such as a trace divisor, is a sum of orbits of ⟨ a ⟩ \langle a\rangle ⟨ a ⟩ , and by Lemma 2.4 each orbit has length ord ⟨ a ⟩ \operatorname{ord}\langle a\rangle ord ⟨ a ⟩ when the support contains no CM point.
Proposition 4.1. The group Z / n Z \mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} Z / n Z is not a subgroup of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field for
n ∈ { 119 , 121 , 125 , 143 , 169 , 187 , 209 , 221 , 289 , 323 , 361 } . n \in\{119,121,125,143,169,187,209,221,289,323,361\}. n ∈ { 119 , 121 , 125 , 143 , 169 , 187 , 209 , 221 , 289 , 323 , 361 } .
Proof. We use the elements a a a from [36 Table 2] , which are listed in Table 2 . For these a a a the group ( ⟨ a ⟩ − 1 ) J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) (\langle a\rangle- 1)J_1(n)(\mathbb{Q}) (⟨ a ⟩ − 1 ) J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) is finite by the beginning of this section, as for n ∈ { 119 , 121 , 125 , 169 , 221 , 289 , 361 } n \in\{119,121,125,169,221,289,361\} n ∈ { 119 , 121 , 125 , 169 , 221 , 289 , 361 } every newform of weight 2 and level dividing n n n with positive analytic rank has trivial character, and for the remaining n n n the newforms of positive analytic rank and non-trivial character have character orbits 143.h, 187.g, 209.f and 323.k, and a a a lies in the kernel of each of them. The remaining conditions of (2) are checked in Table 2 . □
Table 2. Data for Proposition 4.1. Here i ( n ) = [ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ ‾ 1 ( n ) ] i(n) = [\operatorname{PSL}_2(\mathbb{Z}):\overline{\Gamma}_1(n)] i ( n ) = [ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ 1 ( n )] , and the sixth column is Abramovich’s lower bound for gon C X 1 ( n ) \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{C}}X_1(n) gon C X 1 ( n ) , rounded down to two decimal places, and it is larger than 6 k 3 ≤ 48 6k_3 \le48 6 k 3 ≤ 48 in every row. The orders ord ⟨ a ⟩ \operatorname{ord}\langle a\rangle ord ⟨ a ⟩ are computed in Δ ( n ) \Delta(n) Δ ( n ) , and none of them divides 6.
Several diamond operators
For the levels n = 77 , 85 , 91 , 95 , 133 , 247 n = 77,85,91,95,133,247 n = 77 , 85 , 91 , 95 , 133 , 247 the global method does not apply in degree 6, either because ord ⟨ a ⟩ ∣ 6 \operatorname{ord}\langle a\rangle\mid6 ord ⟨ a ⟩ ∣ 6 for every a a a with ( ⟨ a ⟩ − 1 ) J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) (\langle a\rangle- 1)J_1(n)(\mathbb{Q}) (⟨ a ⟩ − 1 ) J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) finite, or because the gonality bound is too weak. In [36 ] the levels 91, 95, 133 and 247 were handled by the global method, with a = 3 , 11 , 64 , 144 a = 3,11,64,144 a = 3 , 11 , 64 , 144 , but the orders of these diamond operators, 6, 3, 3 and 3, divide 6. For these levels we work at the prime 2, and we use more general elements of the group ring of the diamond operators, such as 1 + ⟨ 31 ⟩ 1 + \langle31\rangle 1 + ⟨ 31 ⟩ and ( ⟨ 6 ⟩ − 1 ) ( ⟨ 3 ⟩ − 1 ) (\langle6\rangle- 1)(\langle3\rangle- 1) (⟨ 6 ⟩ − 1 ) (⟨ 3 ⟩ − 1 ) , together with an argument with X 0 ( 91 ) X_0(91) X 0 ( 91 ) . For ψ = ∑ a c a ⟨ a ⟩ ∈ Z [ Δ ( n ) ] \psi= \sum_a c_a\langle a\rangle\in\mathbb{Z}[\Delta(n)] ψ = ∑ a c a ⟨ a ⟩ ∈ Z [ Δ ( n )] we write ∥ ψ ∥ : = ∑ a ∣ c a ∣ \|\psi\| := \sum_a |c_a| ∥ ψ ∥ := ∑ a ∣ c a ∣ .
Proposition 4.2. Let n n n be odd, let ψ ∈ Z [ Δ ( n ) ] \psi\in\mathbb{Z}[\Delta(n)] ψ ∈ Z [ Δ ( n )] be such that ψ ( J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) ) \psi(J_1(n)(\mathbb{Q})) ψ ( J 1 ( n ) ( Q )) is finite, and assume that gon C X 1 ( n ) > 12 ∥ ψ ∥ \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{C}} X_1(n) > 12\|\psi\| gon C X 1 ( n ) > 12∥ ψ ∥ . Let K K K be a sextic field, let E / K E/K E / K be an elliptic curve with a point of order n n n , and suppose that E E E has bad reduction at every prime of K K K above 2. Then the trace divisor D = x ( 6 ) D = x^{(6)} D = x ( 6 ) satisfies ψ ( D ) = 0 \psi(D) = 0 ψ ( D ) = 0 .
Proof. By Lemma 2.2 the reduction of E E E at every prime of K K K above 2 is multiplicative, so, fixing a prime ℘ \wp ℘ of L : = Q ( ζ n ) L := \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_n) L := Q ( ζ n ) above 2, the reduction of D D D modulo ℘ \wp ℘ is an effective divisor of degree 6 supported on the cusps. As the cuspidal subscheme is finite étale over Z [ 1 n ] \mathbb{Z}[\frac{1}{n}] Z [ n 1 ] and all cusps are defined over L L L , this reduction lifts to an effective cuspidal divisor C C C of degree 6 on X 1 ( n ) L X_1(n)_L X 1 ( n ) L . Write
ψ [ D − C ] = ψ [ D − 6 c 0 ] + ψ [ 6 c 0 − C ] . \psi[D-C] = \psi[D-6c_0] + \psi[6c_0-C]. ψ [ D − C ] = ψ [ D − 6 c 0 ] + ψ [ 6 c 0 − C ] .
The first summand lies in ψ ( J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) ) \psi(J_1(n)(\mathbb{Q})) ψ ( J 1 ( n ) ( Q )) , which is finite, and the second is torsion by Manin–Drinfeld. It follows that ψ [ D − C ] ∈ J 1 ( n ) ( L ) t o r s \psi[D-C] \in J_1(n)(L)_{\mathrm{tors}} ψ [ D − C ] ∈ J 1 ( n ) ( L ) tors , and it reduces to 0 modulo ℘ \wp ℘ . As 2 is unramified in L L L , Parent’s result gives 2 ψ [ D − C ] = 0 2\psi[D-C] = 0 2 ψ [ D − C ] = 0 , so 2 ψ ( D − C ) = div ( f ) 2\psi(D-C) = \operatorname{div}(f) 2 ψ ( D − C ) = div ( f ) for some non-zero rational function f f f on X 1 ( n ) L X_1(n)_L X 1 ( n ) L . Writing ψ = ψ + − ψ − \psi= \psi^+ - \psi^- ψ = ψ + − ψ − with ψ ± \psi^\pm ψ ± having non-negative coefficients, the polar divisor of f f f is contained in 2 ψ + ( C ) + 2 ψ − ( D ) 2\psi^+(C) + 2\psi^-(D) 2 ψ + ( C ) + 2 ψ − ( D ) , which has degree at most 12 ∥ ψ ∥ 12\|\psi\| 12∥ ψ ∥ . By the assumption on the gonality f f f is constant, so ψ ( D ) = ψ ( C ) \psi(D) = \psi(C) ψ ( D ) = ψ ( C ) . The diamond operators preserve the set of cusps and its complement, and D D D has no cusps in its support, so ψ ( D ) = 0 \psi(D) = 0 ψ ( D ) = 0 . □
We will apply Proposition 4.2 with ψ = ⟨ a ⟩ − 1 \psi= \langle a\rangle- 1 ψ = ⟨ a ⟩ − 1 , in which case its conclusion is that D D D is invariant under ⟨ a ⟩ \langle a\rangle ⟨ a ⟩ , and with a few other elements. Note that the case ψ = ⟨ a ⟩ − 1 \psi= \langle a\rangle- 1 ψ = ⟨ a ⟩ − 1 is the degree 6 version of [36 Proposition 7.2] . If the support of D D D contains no CM point and D D D is invariant under a subgroup H ⊆ Δ ( n ) H \subseteq\Delta(n) H ⊆ Δ ( n ) , then by Lemma 2.4 it is a sum of H H H -orbits of length # H \#H # H .
Proposition 4.3. The group Z / n Z \mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} Z / n Z is not a subgroup of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field for n ∈ { 77 , 85 , 91 , 95 , 133 , 247 } n \in\{77,85,91,95,133,247\} n ∈ { 77 , 85 , 91 , 95 , 133 , 247 } . Proof. Suppose E E E is an elliptic curve over a sextic field K K K with a point of order n n n . We first show that E E E has bad reduction at all primes of K K K above 2. By Lemma 2.3 it suffices to show that no elliptic curve over F 2 f \mathbb{F}_{2^f} F 2 f , f ≤ 6 f \le6 f ≤ 6 , has a point of order n n n . For f ≤ 5 f \le5 f ≤ 5 this follows from the Hasse bound, since ( 2 5 / 2 + 1 ) 2 < 45 (2^{5/2}+1)^2 < 45 ( 2 5/2 + 1 ) 2 < 45 , and for f = 6 f=6 f = 6 the Hasse bound gives # E ′ ( F 64 ) ≤ 81 \#E'(\mathbb{F}_{64}) \le81 # E ′ ( F 64 ) ≤ 81 . This settles n ≠ 77 n \ne77 n = 77 , and for n = 77 n=77 n = 77 we note that an elliptic curve over F 64 \mathbb{F}_{64} F 64 with exactly 77 points would have trace of Frobenius − 12 -12 − 12 , which is impossible by [Wat69, Theorem 4.1], as − 12 -12 − 12 is even and not one of 0 , ± 8 , ± 16 0,\pm8,\pm16 0 , ± 8 , ± 16 .
Hence Proposition 4.2 applies to D = x ( 6 ) D=x^{(6)} D = x ( 6 ) for every ψ \psi ψ as in its statement. We use the data of Table 3 . In every case d C M X 1 ( n ) > 6 d_{\mathrm{CM}X_1(n)}>6 d CM X 1 ( n ) > 6 , so the support of D D D consists of non-CM points, and by Lemma 2.4 , D D D is a sum of orbits of length # H \#H # H of every subgroup H H H of Δ ( n ) \Delta(n) Δ ( n ) that fixes it.
For n = 77 n=77 n = 77 take ψ = ⟨ 3 ⟩ − 1 \psi=\langle3\rangle-1 ψ = ⟨ 3 ⟩ − 1 . Only the trivial character occurs, so ψ ( J 1 ( 77 ) ( Q ) ) \psi(J_1(77)(\mathbb{Q})) ψ ( J 1 ( 77 ) ( Q )) is finite, and 12 ∥ ψ ∥ = 24 < 28.56 12\lVert\psi\rVert=24<28.56 12 ∥ ψ ∥ = 24 < 28.56 . Hence ⟨ 3 ⟩ D = D \langle3\rangle D=D ⟨ 3 ⟩ D = D , but ord ⟨ 3 ⟩ = 30 \operatorname{ord}\langle3\rangle=30 ord ⟨ 3 ⟩ = 30 does not divide 6, a contradiction.
For n = 85 n=85 n = 85 take ψ = ⟨ 2 ⟩ − 1 \psi=\langle2\rangle-1 ψ = ⟨ 2 ⟩ − 1 . The character of 85. j 85.j 85. j is trivial on 2, and ord ⟨ 2 ⟩ = 8 ∤ 6 \operatorname{ord}\langle2\rangle=8\nmid6 ord ⟨ 2 ⟩ = 8 ∤ 6 , so we conclude as for n = 77 n=77 n = 77 .
For n = 91 n=91 n = 91 take ψ = ⟨ 3 ⟩ − 1 \psi=\langle3\rangle-1 ψ = ⟨ 3 ⟩ − 1 . The characters of 91. g 91.g 91. g and 91. u 91.u 91. u are trivial on 3, so ⟨ 3 ⟩ D = D \langle3\rangle D=D ⟨ 3 ⟩ D = D . Here ⟨ 3 ⟩ \langle3\rangle ⟨ 3 ⟩ has order 6, so D D D is a single ⟨ 3 ⟩ \langle3\rangle ⟨ 3 ⟩ -orbit of length 6, and in particular x x x has degree 6 and its 6 conjugates form one orbit under the diamond operators. It follows that the image of x x x on X 0 ( 91 ) = X 1 ( 91 ) / Δ ( 91 ) X_0(91)=X_1(91)/\Delta(91) X 0 ( 91 ) = X 1 ( 91 ) /Δ ( 91 ) is a rational non-cuspidal point. But X 0 ( 91 ) X_0(91) X 0 ( 91 ) has no rational non-cuspidal points [26 ] , which is a contradiction.
For n = 95 n=95 n = 95 take ψ = 1 + ⟨ 31 ⟩ \psi=1+\langle31\rangle ψ = 1 + ⟨ 31 ⟩ . The only newform of positive analytic rank has character χ \chi χ with χ ( 31 ) = − 1 \chi(31)=-1 χ ( 31 ) = − 1 , so ψ \psi ψ annihilates it, and 12 ∥ ψ ∥ = 24 < 42.84 12\lVert\psi\rVert=24<42.84 12 ∥ ψ ∥ = 24 < 42.84 . Hence D + ⟨ 31 ⟩ D = 0 D+\langle31\rangle D=0 D + ⟨ 31 ⟩ D = 0 , which is impossible for a non-zero effective divisor.
For n = 133 n=133 n = 133 , let χ f \chi_f χ f and χ s \chi_s χ s be characters in the orbits 133. f 133.f 133. f and 133. s 133.s 133. s . We compute that χ f ( 6 ) = 1 \chi_f(6)=1 χ f ( 6 ) = 1 and χ s ( 3 ) = 1 \chi_s(3)=1 χ s ( 3 ) = 1 , so
ψ = ( ⟨ 6 ⟩ − 1 ) ( ⟨ 3 ⟩ − 1 ) , ∥ ψ ∥ = 4 , 12 ∥ ψ ∥ = 48 < 85.69 , \psi=(\langle6\rangle-1)(\langle3\rangle-1),\qquad\lVert\psi\rVert=4,\qquad12\lVert\psi\rVert=48<85.69, ψ = (⟨ 6 ⟩ − 1 ) (⟨ 3 ⟩ − 1 ) , ∥ ψ ∥ = 4 , 12 ∥ ψ ∥ = 48 < 85.69 , annihilates every factor of positive analytic rank, and Proposition 4.2 gives ψ ( D ) = 0 \psi(D)=0 ψ ( D ) = 0 . Hence the divisor D ′ = ⟨ 3 ⟩ D − D D'=\langle3\rangle D-D D ′ = ⟨ 3 ⟩ D − D satisfies ⟨ 6 ⟩ D ′ = D ′ \langle6\rangle D'=D' ⟨ 6 ⟩ D ′ = D ′ . Its support consists of non-CM points, so by Lemma 2.4 its geometric points form a union of ⟨ 6 ⟩ \langle6\rangle ⟨ 6 ⟩ -orbits of length ord ⟨ 6 ⟩ = 18 \operatorname{ord}\langle6\rangle=18 ord ⟨ 6 ⟩ = 18 . But these are among the at most 12 geometric points in the supports of D D D and ⟨ 3 ⟩ D \langle3\rangle D ⟨ 3 ⟩ D , and hence D ′ = 0 D'=0 D ′ = 0 . So ⟨ 3 ⟩ D = D \langle3\rangle D=D ⟨ 3 ⟩ D = D , and since ⟨ 3 ⟩ \langle3\rangle ⟨ 3 ⟩ has order 9, we get 9 ∣ deg D = 6 9\mid\deg D=6 9 ∣ deg D = 6 , which is a contradiction.
For n = 247 n=247 n = 247 , the characters in 247. b e 247.be 247. b e are trivial on 12 and on 56, so Proposition 4.2 gives ⟨ 12 ⟩ D = ⟨ 56 ⟩ D = D \langle12\rangle D=\langle56\rangle D=D ⟨ 12 ⟩ D = ⟨ 56 ⟩ D = D . We compute that ⟨ 12 ⟩ \langle12\rangle ⟨ 12 ⟩ and ⟨ 56 ⟩ \langle56\rangle ⟨ 56 ⟩ generate a subgroup of order 9 of Δ ( 247 ) \Delta(247) Δ ( 247 ) , so by Lemma 2.4 , D D D is a sum of orbits of length 9 of this subgroup, and 9 ∣ deg D = 6 9\mid\deg D=6 9 ∣ deg D = 6 , which is a contradiction.
Table 3. The newforms of weight 2 and level dividing n n n with positive analytic rank, listed by their character orbits, and the data used in Proposition 4.3, with i ( n ) i(n) i ( n ) as in Table 2 . Their Conrey labels are 85.4, 91.9, 91.30, 95.8, 133.39, 133.31 and 247.8.
The rank zero criterion
We recall [11 Proposition 5.2] in the form in which we use it.
Proposition 5.1 ([11 Proposition 5.2] ). Let m ∣ n m\mid n m ∣ n with m n > 4 mn>4 mn > 4 , let p ∣ m n p\mid mn p ∣ mn be a prime and let d ≥ 1 d\ge1 d ≥ 1 . Assume rk Q ( ζ m ) J 1 ( m , n ) ( Q ( ζ m ) ) = 0 \operatorname{rk}_{\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)}J_1(m,n)(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m))=0 rk Q ( ζ m ) J 1 ( m , n ) ( Q ( ζ m )) = 0 and that one of the following holds: (a) p ≥ 2 p\ge2 p ≥ 2 and gon Q ( ζ m ) X 1 ( m , n ) > d \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)}X_1(m,n)>d gon Q ( ζ m ) X 1 ( m , n ) > d ; (b) p ≥ 2 p\ge2 p ≥ 2 and gon Q ( ζ m ) X 1 ( m , n ) > 2 d \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)}X_1(m,n)>2d gon Q ( ζ m ) X 1 ( m , n ) > 2 d .
Then every elliptic curve E E E over a degree d d d extension K K K of Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) with Z / m Z × Z / n Z ⊆ E ( K ) \mathbb{Z}/m\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} \subseteq E(K) Z / m Z × Z / n Z ⊆ E ( K ) has, for every prime p \mathfrak{p} p of Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) above p p p , good reduction at at least one prime of K K K above p \mathfrak{p} p .
In [11 Proposition 5.2] the conclusion is stated for the primes of K K K above p p p , but the proof fixes a prime p \mathfrak{p} p of Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) above p p p and uses only the reduction of E E E at the primes of K K K above p \mathfrak{p} p , so it gives the statement above. To apply this to Z / 7 Z × Z / 7 Z \mathbb{Z}/7\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/7\mathbb{Z} Z /7 Z × Z /7 Z and Z / 9 Z × Z / 9 Z \mathbb{Z}/9\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/9\mathbb{Z} Z /9 Z × Z /9 Z we need the following lemma, as these cases are not covered by [14 Theorem 4.1] .
Lemma 5.2. For m = 7 m = 7 m = 7 and m = 9 m = 9 m = 9 we have rk J 1 ( m , m ) ( Q ( ζ m ) ) = 0 \operatorname{rk} J_1(m,m)(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)) = 0 rk J 1 ( m , m ) ( Q ( ζ m )) = 0 .
Proof. Put F = Q ( ζ m ) F = \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) F = Q ( ζ m ) . We use the argument of the proof of [14 Theorem 4.1] , where F F F is quadratic: we show that the lemma follows from L ( g , 1 ) ≠ 0 L(g,1) \ne0 L ( g , 1 ) = 0 for the newforms g g g described below, and then check this by a computation. Over F F F the curve X 1 ( m , m ) X_1(m,m) X 1 ( m , m ) is isomorphic to the quotient X H X_H X H of X 1 ( m 2 ) X_1(m^2) X 1 ( m 2 ) by the diamond operators congruent to 1 1 1 modulo m m m [14 §2] , so it suffices to show that B ( F ) B(F) B ( F ) is finite for the Jacobian B B B of X H X_H X H , which is an abelian variety over Q \mathbb{Q} Q . The space of cusp forms of weight 2 2 2 on X H X_H X H is
V m : = ⨁ ε S 2 ( Γ 0 ( m 2 ) , ε ) , V_m := \bigoplus_{\varepsilon} S_2(\Gamma_0(m^2),\varepsilon), V m := ε ⨁ S 2 ( Γ 0 ( m 2 ) , ε ) ,
the sum being over the even Dirichlet characters ε \varepsilon ε modulo m m m , so after extending scalars to Q ℓ \mathbb{Q}_{\ell} Q ℓ the ℓ \ell ℓ -adic representation of B B B is the sum of the representations ρ f \rho_f ρ f attached to the newforms f f f occurring in V m V_m V m , with multiplicities. We have B ( F ) = R ( Q ) B(F) = R(\mathbb{Q}) B ( F ) = R ( Q ) for the restriction of scalars R : = Res F / Q B F R := \operatorname{Res}_{F/\mathbb{Q}} B_F R := Res F / Q B F , whose ℓ \ell ℓ -adic representation is induced from the restriction of that of B B B to Gal ( Q ‾ / F ) \operatorname{Gal}(\overline{\mathbb{Q}}/F) Gal ( Q / F ) . Hence, over Q ℓ \mathbb{Q}_{\ell} Q ℓ , it is the sum of the twists ρ f ⊗ χ \rho_f \otimes\chi ρ f ⊗ χ , where χ \chi χ runs over the characters of Gal ( F / Q ) ≃ ( Z / m Z ) × \operatorname{Gal}(F/\mathbb{Q}) \simeq(\mathbb{Z}/m\mathbb{Z})^{\times} Gal ( F / Q ) ≃ ( Z / m Z ) × . The twist of a newform of level dividing m 2 m^2 m 2 and character ε \varepsilon ε modulo m m m by a character χ \chi χ modulo m m m is an eigenform of level dividing m 2 m^2 m 2 and character ε χ 2 \varepsilon\chi^2 ε χ 2 , which is again even and defined modulo m m m , so ρ f ⊗ χ ≃ ρ g \rho_f \otimes\chi\simeq\rho_g ρ f ⊗ χ ≃ ρ g for a newform g g g occurring in V m V_m V m . The multiset of these newforms g g g is stable under the action of Aut ( C ) \operatorname{Aut}(\mathbb{C}) Aut ( C ) on the coefficients, so by Faltings’ isogeny theorem [16 ] the abelian variety R R R is isogenous over Q \mathbb{Q} Q to a product of the abelian varieties A [ g ] A_{[g]} A [ g ] attached to the Galois orbits of the newforms g g g occurring in V m V_m V m . By Kato’s theorem it therefore suffices to show that L ( g , 1 ) ≠ 0 L(g,1) \ne0 L ( g , 1 ) = 0 for every newform g g g occurring in V m V_m V m . Using modular symbols we compute the dimension of the winding submodule of each Galois orbit of newforms occurring in V m V_m V m , and it is equal to the dimension of the orbit in every case. The newforms in question have level 49 49 49 for m = 7 m = 7 m = 7 , and levels 27 27 27 and 81 81 81 for m = 9 m = 9 m = 9 .
Proposition 5.3. The groups Z / 55 Z \mathbb{Z}/55\mathbb{Z} Z /55 Z , Z / 75 Z \mathbb{Z}/75\mathbb{Z} Z /75 Z , Z / 81 Z \mathbb{Z}/81\mathbb{Z} Z /81 Z , Z / 3 Z × Z / 27 Z \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/27\mathbb{Z} Z /3 Z × Z /27 Z , Z / 4 Z × Z / 24 Z \mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z} Z /4 Z × Z /24 Z , Z / 7 Z × Z / 7 Z \mathbb{Z}/7\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/7\mathbb{Z} Z /7 Z × Z /7 Z and Z / 9 Z × Z / 9 Z \mathbb{Z}/9\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/9\mathbb{Z} Z /9 Z × Z /9 Z are not subgroups of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field.
Proof. In each case suppose that E E E is an elliptic curve over a sextic field K K K containing the group in question, and let d = d m = [ K : Q ( ζ m ) ] d = d_m = [K : \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)] d = d m = [ K : Q ( ζ m )] . We show that the hypotheses of Proposition 5.1 hold for a suitable prime p p p , and that E E E cannot have good reduction at any prime of K K K above p p p by Lemma 2.3 , which is a contradiction.
For n = 55 , 75 , 81 n = 55,75,81 n = 55 , 75 , 81 we have rk J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) = 0 \operatorname{rk} J_1(n)(\mathbb{Q}) = 0 rk J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) = 0 by [7 Theorem 3.1(2)] , and Abramovich’s bound gives gon Q X 1 ( n ) > 14.28 , 23.80 , 28.92 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}} X_1(n) > 14.28,23.80,28.92 gon Q X 1 ( n ) > 14.28 , 23.80 , 28.92 , respectively, all larger than 12 12 12 , so Proposition 5.1(b) applies with p = 2 p = 2 p = 2 and d = 6 d = 6 d = 6 . No elliptic curve over F 2 f \mathbb{F}_{2^f} F 2 f with f ≤ 5 f \le5 f ≤ 5 has a point of order n n n by the Hasse bound. Over F 64 \mathbb{F}_{64} F 64 a point of order 55 55 55 or $75 would force # E ( F 64 ) = 55 \#E(\mathbb{F}_{64}) = 55 # E ( F 64 ) = 55 or 75 75 75 , which is impossible, and a point of order 81 81 81 would force E ( F 64 ) = E [ 9 ] E(\mathbb{F}_{64}) = E[9] E ( F 64 ) = E [ 9 ] , which has no point of order 81 81 81 (see the discussion after Lemma 2.3 ).
For Z / 3 Z × Z / 27 Z \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/27\mathbb{Z} Z /3 Z × Z /27 Z we have d = 3 d = 3 d = 3 . By [14 Theorem 4.1] , rk J 1 ( 3 , 27 ) ( Q ( ζ 3 ) ) = 0 \operatorname{rk} J_1(3, 27)(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3)) = 0 rk J 1 ( 3 , 27 ) ( Q ( ζ 3 )) = 0 , and the index [ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ 1 ( 27 ) ∩ Γ ( 3 ) ] = 972 [\operatorname{PSL}_2(\mathbb{Z}) : \Gamma_1(27) \cap\Gamma(3)] = 972 [ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ 1 ( 27 ) ∩ Γ ( 3 )] = 972 gives gon C X 1 ( 3 , 27 ) > 9.64 > 6 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{C}} X_1(3, 27) > 9.64 > 6 gon C X 1 ( 3 , 27 ) > 9.64 > 6 , so Proposition 5.1(b) applies with p = 2 p = 2 p = 2 . The prime 2 2 2 is inert in Q ( ζ 3 ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3) Q ( ζ 3 ) , so the residue fields of K K K at the primes above 2 2 2 are F 4 \mathbb{F}_4 F 4 , F 16 \mathbb{F}_{16} F 16 or F 64 \mathbb{F}_{64} F 64 . Over the first two the Hasse bound excludes a subgroup of order 81 81 81 , and over F 64 \mathbb{F}_{64} F 64 a subgroup Z / 3 Z × Z / 27 Z \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/27\mathbb{Z} Z /3 Z × Z /27 Z would force E ( F 64 ) = E [ 9 ] ≃ ( Z / 9 Z ) 2 E(\mathbb{F}_{64}) = E[9] \simeq(\mathbb{Z}/9\mathbb{Z})^2 E ( F 64 ) = E [ 9 ] ≃ ( Z /9 Z ) 2 (see the discussion after Lemma 2.3 ), which has no point of order 27 27 27 .
For Z / 4 Z × Z / 24 Z \mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z} Z /4 Z × Z /24 Z we have d = 3 d = 3 d = 3 . By [14 Theorem 4.1] , rk J 1 ( 4 , 24 ) ( Q ( i ) ) = 0 \operatorname{rk} J_1(4, 24)(\mathbb{Q}(i)) = 0 rk J 1 ( 4 , 24 ) ( Q ( i )) = 0 , and the index [ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ 1 ( 24 ) ∩ Γ ( 4 ) ] = 768 [\operatorname{PSL}_2(\mathbb{Z}) : \Gamma_1(24) \cap\Gamma(4)] = 768 [ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ 1 ( 24 ) ∩ Γ ( 4 )] = 768 gives gon C X 1 ( 4 , 24 ) > 7.61 > 3 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{C}} X_1(4, 24) > 7.61 > 3 gon C X 1 ( 4 , 24 ) > 7.61 > 3 , so Proposition 5.1(a) applies with p = 5 p = 5 p = 5 . The prime 5 5 5 splits in Q ( i ) \mathbb{Q}(i) Q ( i ) , so the residue fields of K K K at the primes above 5 5 5 are F 5 \mathbb{F}_5 F 5 , F 25 \mathbb{F}_{25} F 25 or F 125 \mathbb{F}_{125} F 125 . The Hasse intervals of these fields contain no multiple of 96 96 96 , since ( 25 + 1 ) 2 < 96 (\sqrt{25} + 1)^2 < 96 ( 25 + 1 ) 2 < 96 and 96 < ( 125 − 1 ) 2 < ( 125 + 1 ) 2 < 192 96 < (\sqrt{125} - 1)^2 < (\sqrt{125} + 1)^2 < 192 96 < ( 125 − 1 ) 2 < ( 125 + 1 ) 2 < 192 .
For Z / 7 Z × Z / 7 Z \mathbb{Z}/7\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/7\mathbb{Z} Z /7 Z × Z /7 Z and Z / 9 Z × Z / 9 Z \mathbb{Z}/9\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/9\mathbb{Z} Z /9 Z × Z /9 Z we have K = Q ( ζ m ) K = \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) K = Q ( ζ m ) and d = 1 d = 1 d = 1 . The genera of X 1 ( 7 , 7 ) X_1(7, 7) X 1 ( 7 , 7 ) and X 1 ( 9 , 9 ) X_1(9, 9) X 1 ( 9 , 9 ) are 3 3 3 and 10 10 10 , so gon Q ( ζ m ) X 1 ( m , m ) > 1 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)} X_1(m, m) > 1 gon Q ( ζ m ) X 1 ( m , m ) > 1 , and Lemma 5.2 gives rk J 1 ( m , m ) ( Q ( ζ m ) ) = 0 \operatorname{rk} J_1(m, m)(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)) = 0 rk J 1 ( m , m ) ( Q ( ζ m )) = 0 . Take p = 29 p = 29 p = 29 for m = 7 m = 7 m = 7 and p = 19 p = 19 p = 19 for m = 9 m = 9 m = 9 . Then p ≡ 1 ( m o d m ) p \equiv1 \pmod{m} p ≡ 1 ( mod m ) , so the residue fields of K K K at the primes above p p p are F p \mathbb{F}_p F p , and since ( p + 1 ) 2 < m 2 (\sqrt{p} + 1)^2 < m^2 ( p + 1 ) 2 < m 2 no elliptic curve over F p \mathbb{F}_p F p has full m m m -torsion. □
A criterion using twice a cuspidal divisor
When p = 2 p = 2 p = 2 , Proposition 5.1 requires gon Q ( ζ m ) X 1 ( m , n ) > 2 d \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)} X_1(m, n) > 2d gon Q ( ζ m ) X 1 ( m , n ) > 2 d , because the kernel of reduction on the torsion of the Jacobian can contain elements of order 2 2 2 . For X 1 ( 45 ) X_1(45) X 1 ( 45 ) and X 1 ( 3 , 21 ) X_1(3, 21) X 1 ( 3 , 21 ) the gonality bounds that we have are too weak for this, and we replace the gonality condition by a computation.
Lemma 5.4. Let m ∣ n m \mid n m ∣ n with n n n odd and m n > 4 mn > 4 mn > 4 , let p \mathfrak{p} p be a prime of Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) above 2 2 2 with residue field k k k , and let d ≥ 1 d \ge1 d ≥ 1 . Put X = X 1 ( m , n ) X = X_1(m, n) X = X 1 ( m , n ) and assume that rk J ( Q ( ζ m ) ) = 0 \operatorname{rk} J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)) = 0 rk J ( Q ( ζ m )) = 0 and that
dim L ( 2 C ‾ ) = 1 \dim L(2\overline{C}) = 1 dim L ( 2 C ) = 1 for every effective cuspidal divisor C ‾ \overline{C} C of degree d d d on X k X_k X k . Then every elliptic curve E E E over a degree d d d extension K K K of Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) with Z / m Z × Z / n Z ⊆ E ( K ) \mathbb{Z}/m\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} \subseteq E(K) Z / m Z × Z / n Z ⊆ E ( K ) has good reduction at at least one prime of K K K above p \mathfrak{p} p .
Proof. Suppose the opposite, and let D D D be the trace divisor of the corresponding point. By Lemma 2.2 the reduction of E E E at every prime of K K K above p \mathfrak{p} p is multiplicative, so D D D reduces to an effective cuspidal divisor C ‾ \overline{C} C of degree d d d on X k X_k X k . Let M = Q ( ζ n ) M = \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_n) M = Q ( ζ n ) , choose a prime P \mathfrak{P} P of M M M above p \mathfrak{p} p , and let F ⊆ M F \subseteq M F ⊆ M be the fixed field of its decomposition group in Gal ( M / Q ( ζ m ) ) \operatorname{Gal}(M/\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)) Gal ( M / Q ( ζ m )) . The prime P ∩ F \mathfrak{P} \cap F P ∩ F of F F F has residue field k k k , and F F F is unramified at 2 2 2 as n n n is odd. All cusps are defined over M M M and the cuspidal subscheme is finite étale at 2 2 2 , so the closed points in the support of C ‾ \overline{C} C lift to orbits of Gal ( M / F ) \operatorname{Gal}(M/F) Gal ( M / F ) of the same size, and C ‾ \overline{C} C lifts to an effective F F F -rational cuspidal divisor C C C of degree d d d . The class [ D − C ] = [ D − d c 0 ] + [ d c 0 − C ] [D - C] = [D - dc_0] + [dc_0 - C] [ D − C ] = [ D − d c 0 ] + [ d c 0 − C ] lies in J ( F ) J(F) J ( F ) and is torsion, by the rank assumption and by Manin–Drinfeld, and it reduces to 0 0 0 modulo P ∩ F \mathfrak{P} \cap F P ∩ F . By Parent’s result 2 [ D − C ] = 0 2[D - C] = 0 2 [ D − C ] = 0 , so 2 D 2D 2 D and 2 C 2C 2 C are linearly equivalent. By semicontinuity [19 Theorem III.12.8] , the dimension of the Riemann–Roch space of 2 C 2C 2 C on X F X_F X F satisfies
dim L ( 2 C ) ≤ dim L ( 2 C ‾ ) = 1 , \dim L(2C) \le\dim L(2\overline{C}) = 1, dim L ( 2 C ) ≤ dim L ( 2 C ) = 1 ,
so 2 C 2C 2 C is the only effective divisor in its class and 2 D = 2 C 2D = 2C 2 D = 2 C , which is impossible as D D D is non-cuspidal and C C C is cuspidal. □
We check the condition of Lemma 5.4 using differentials. Let g g g be the genus of X k X_k X k . For a closed point P P P of X k X_k X k and j ≥ 0 j \ge0 j ≥ 0 , the space Ω ( j P ) \Omega(jP) Ω ( j P ) of holomorphic differentials on X k X_k X k that vanish to order at least j j j at P P P is the subspace of the g g g -dimensional space H 0 ( X k , Ω 1 ) H^0(X_k,\Omega^1) H 0 ( X k , Ω 1 ) defined by the vanishing of the first j j j coefficients of the expansion in a local parameter at P P P . These coefficients lie in the residue field of P P P , so the codimension of Ω ( j P ) \Omega(jP) Ω ( j P ) is at most j deg P j\deg P j deg P . For an effective divisor C ‾ = ∑ P m P P \overline{C} = \sum_P m_P P C = ∑ P m P P , the space Ω ( C ‾ ) \Omega(\overline{C}) Ω ( C ) is the intersection of the subspaces Ω ( m P P ) \Omega(m_P P) Ω ( m P P ) , so it has codimension at most deg C ‾ \deg\overline{C} deg C . By the Riemann–Roch theorem,
dim L ( 2 C ‾ ) = 2 d + 1 − g + dim Ω ( 2 C ‾ ) = 1 + 2 d − codim Ω ( 2 C ‾ ) . \dim L(2\overline{C}) = 2d + 1 - g + \dim\Omega(2\overline{C}) = 1 + 2d - \operatorname{codim} \Omega(2\overline{C}). dim L ( 2 C ) = 2 d + 1 − g + dim Ω ( 2 C ) = 1 + 2 d − codim Ω ( 2 C ) .
As Ω ( 2 C ‾ ) \Omega(2\overline{C}) Ω ( 2 C ) is cut out by ∑ P 2 m P deg P = 2 d \sum_P 2m_P \deg P = 2d ∑ P 2 m P deg P = 2 d linear conditions over k k k (the first 2 m P 2m_P 2 m P coefficients at each P P P ), we get dim L ( 2 C ‾ ) = 1 \dim L(2\overline{C}) = 1 dim L ( 2 C ) = 1 if and only if these conditions are linearly independent.
This is much more efficient than computing each Riemann–Roch space L ( 2 C ‾ ) L(2\overline{C}) L ( 2 C ) directly. The subspaces Ω ( 2 m P ) \Omega(2mP) Ω ( 2 m P ) depend only on the closed cusp P P P and on m ≤ d / deg P m \le d/\deg P m ≤ d / deg P , so each of them is computed only once, by expanding a basis of H 0 ( X k , Ω 1 ) H^0(X_k,\Omega^1) H 0 ( X k , Ω 1 ) in a local parameter at P P P . For X 1 ( 45 ) F 2 X_1(45)_{\mathbb{F}_2} X 1 ( 45 ) F 2 these are 91 subspaces, while there are 19048 divisors C ‾ \overline{C} C to check. For each C ‾ \overline{C} C it then remains to intersect at most 6 subspaces of H 0 ( X k , Ω 1 ) H^0(X_k,\Omega^1) H 0 ( X k , Ω 1 ) , which is fast linear algebra over k k k .
Proposition 5.5. The groups Z / 45 Z \mathbb{Z}/45\mathbb{Z} Z /45 Z , Z / 3 Z × Z / 21 Z \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/21\mathbb{Z} Z /3 Z × Z /21 Z and Z / 3 Z × Z / 15 Z \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/15\mathbb{Z} Z /3 Z × Z /15 Z are not subgroups of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field.
Proof. Let E E E be an elliptic curve over a sextic field K K K containing one of these groups. In all three cases E E E has bad reduction at every prime of K K K above 2 by Lemma 2.3. For Z / 45 Z \mathbb{Z}/45\mathbb{Z} Z /45 Z the residue fields are F 2 f \mathbb{F}_{2^f} F 2 f with f ≤ 6 f \le6 f ≤ 6 , and no Hasse interval of these fields contains a multiple of 45. For Z / 3 Z × Z / 21 Z \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/21\mathbb{Z} Z /3 Z × Z /21 Z and Z / 3 Z × Z / 15 Z \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/15\mathbb{Z} Z /3 Z × Z /15 Z the residue fields are F 4 \mathbb{F}_4 F 4 , F 16 \mathbb{F}_{16} F 16 and F 64 \mathbb{F}_{64} F 64 as in the proof of Proposition 5.3. An elliptic curve over F 64 \mathbb{F}_{64} F 64 with exactly 63 points does not exist, and the Hasse intervals of these three fields contain no other multiple of 63 and no multiple of 45. So in each case it suffices to show that E E E has good reduction at some prime above 2.
For Z / 45 Z \mathbb{Z}/45\mathbb{Z} Z /45 Z we have rk J 1 ( 45 ) ( Q ) = 0 \operatorname{rk} J_1(45)(\mathbb{Q}) = 0 rk J 1 ( 45 ) ( Q ) = 0 by [7 Theorem 3.1(2)] , and we apply Lemma 5.4 with m = 1 m = 1 m = 1 , d = 6 d = 6 d = 6 and k = F 2 k = \mathbb{F}_2 k = F 2 . The curve X 1 ( 45 ) F 2 X_1(45)_{\mathbb{F}_2} X 1 ( 45 ) F 2 has genus 41, and its closed cusps of degree at most 6 have degrees 1 12 , 2 4 , 4 5 , 6 2 1^{12}, 2^4, 4^5, 6^2 1 12 , 2 4 , 4 5 , 6 2 (where a r a^r a r stands for r r r cusps of degree a a a ), so there are 19048 effective cuspidal divisors of degree 6. For each of them we compute that dim L ( 2 C ‾ ) = 1 \dim L(2\overline{C}) = 1 dim L ( 2 C ) = 1 .
For Z / 3 Z × Z / 21 Z \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/21\mathbb{Z} Z /3 Z × Z /21 Z we have rk J 1 ( 3 , 21 ) ( Q ( ζ 3 ) ) = 0 \operatorname{rk} J_1(3,21)(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3)) = 0 rk J 1 ( 3 , 21 ) ( Q ( ζ 3 )) = 0 by [14 Theorem 4.1] , and we apply Lemma 5.4 with m = 3 m = 3 m = 3 , d = 3 d = 3 d = 3 and k = F 4 k = \mathbb{F}_4 k = F 4 . The curve X 1 ( 3 , 21 ) F 4 X_1(3,21)_{\mathbb{F}_4} X 1 ( 3 , 21 ) F 4 has genus 25 and its cusps have degrees 1 24 , 3 8 1^{24}, 3^8 1 24 , 3 8 , so there are ( 26 3 ) + 8 = 2608 \binom{26}{3} + 8 = 2608 ( 3 26 ) + 8 = 2608 effective cuspidal divisors of degree 3. For each of them we compute that dim L ( 2 C ‾ ) = 1 \dim L(2\overline{C}) = 1 dim L ( 2 C ) = 1 .
For Z / 3 Z × Z / 15 Z \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/15\mathbb{Z} Z /3 Z × Z /15 Z we argue similarly, with one extra step. Let X = X 1 ( 3 , 15 ) X = X_1(3,15) X = X 1 ( 3 , 15 ) over Q ( ζ 3 ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3) Q ( ζ 3 ) , a curve of genus 9 with rk J ( Q ( ζ 3 ) ) = 0 \operatorname{rk} J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3)) = 0 rk J ( Q ( ζ 3 )) = 0 by [14 Theorem 4.1] , and let p \mathfrak{p} p be the prime of Q ( ζ 3 ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3) Q ( ζ 3 ) above 2, with residue field F 4 \mathbb{F}_4 F 4 . The curve X F 4 X_{\mathbb{F}_4} X F 4 has 16 cusps of degree 1 and 8 of degree 2, so there are ( 18 3 ) + 16 ⋅ 8 = 944 \binom{18}{3} + 16 \cdot8 = 944 ( 3 18 ) + 16 ⋅ 8 = 944 effective cuspidal divisors of degree 3. We compute that dim L ( 2 C ‾ ) = 1 \dim L(2\overline{C}) = 1 dim L ( 2 C ) = 1 for 912 of them, so the proof of Lemma 5.4 excludes these as reductions of D D D . The remaining 32 divisors are supported on the cusps of degree 1 and satisfy dim L ( C ‾ ) = 1 \dim L(\overline{C}) = 1 dim L ( C ) = 1 . The 16 cusps of X F 4 X_{\mathbb{F}_4} X F 4 of degree 1 are the reductions of the 16 cusps of X X X that are Q ( ζ 3 ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3) Q ( ζ 3 ) -rational. Indeed, for a ∈ ( Z / 15 Z ) × a \in(\mathbb{Z}/15\mathbb{Z})^\times a ∈ ( Z /15 Z ) × let σ a \sigma_a σ a be the automorphism of Q ( ζ 15 ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{15}) Q ( ζ 15 ) with σ a ( ζ 15 ) = ζ 15 a \sigma_a(\zeta_{15}) = \zeta_{15}^a σ a ( ζ 15 ) = ζ 15 a . Then Gal ( Q ( ζ 15 ) / Q ( ζ 3 ) ) \operatorname{Gal}(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{15})/\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3)) Gal ( Q ( ζ 15 ) / Q ( ζ 3 )) is cyclic of order 4, generated by σ 7 \sigma_7 σ 7 , and its Frobenius element at p \mathfrak{p} p is σ 4 = σ 7 2 \sigma_4 = \sigma_7^2 σ 4 = σ 7 2 . As the cuspidal subscheme is finite étale at 2, a cusp of X X X reduces to a cusp of degree 1 if and only if it is fixed by σ 4 \sigma_4 σ 4 , and it is Q ( ζ 3 ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3) Q ( ζ 3 ) -rational if and only if it is fixed by σ 7 \sigma_7 σ 7 . We check that each of σ 7 \sigma_7 σ 7 and σ 4 \sigma_4 σ 4 fixes exactly 16 of the 32 cusps of X X X , so, as σ 4 = σ 7 2 \sigma_4=\sigma_7^2 σ 4 = σ 7 2 , they fix the same cusps. It follows that such a C ‾ \overline{C} C lifts to a Q ( ζ 3 ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3) Q ( ζ 3 ) -rational cuspidal divisor C C C , and [ D − C ] ∈ J ( Q ( ζ 3 ) ) [D-C]\in J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3)) [ D − C ] ∈ J ( Q ( ζ 3 )) reduces to 0.
We claim that reduction modulo p \mathfrak{p} p is injective on J ( Q ( ζ 3 ) ) = J ( Q ( ζ 3 ) ) t o r s J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3))=J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3))_{\mathrm{tors}} J ( Q ( ζ 3 )) = J ( Q ( ζ 3 ) ) tors . It is injective on the odd part. Let G ⊆ J ( Q ( ζ 3 ) ) G\subseteq J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3)) G ⊆ J ( Q ( ζ 3 )) be the subgroup generated by the differences of the 16 Q ( ζ 3 ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3) Q ( ζ 3 ) -rational cusps. We compute that the reduction of G G G modulo p \mathfrak{p} p has invariant factors [ 3 , 3 , 24 , 96 , 96 ] [3,3,24,96,96] [ 3 , 3 , 24 , 96 , 96 ] , whose 2-part has order 2 13 2^{13} 2 13 , and that J ( F 7 ) J(\mathbb{F}_7) J ( F 7 ) , for a prime of Q ( ζ 3 ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3) Q ( ζ 3 ) above 7, has invariant factors [ 3 , 3 , 3 , 24 , 480 , 480 ] [3,3,3,24,480,480] [ 3 , 3 , 3 , 24 , 480 , 480 ] , whose 2-part also has order 2 13 2^{13} 2 13 . As reduction modulo a prime above 7 is injective on J ( Q ( ζ 3 ) ) t o r s J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3))_{\mathrm{tors}} J ( Q ( ζ 3 ) ) tors , the 2-part of J ( Q ( ζ 3 ) ) J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3)) J ( Q ( ζ 3 )) has order at most 2 13 2^{13} 2 13 , and as the reduction of G G G has a 2-part of order 2 13 2^{13} 2 13 , it follows that J ( Q ( ζ 3 ) ) [ 2 ∞ ] = G [ 2 ∞ ] J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3))[2^\infty]=G[2^\infty] J ( Q ( ζ 3 )) [ 2 ∞ ] = G [ 2 ∞ ] and that reduction modulo p \mathfrak{p} p is injective on it. This proves the claim. It follows that D ∼ C D\sim C D ∼ C , and by semicontinuity [19 Theorem III.12.8] dim L ( C ) ≤ dim L ( C ‾ ) = 1 \dim L(C)\leq\dim L(\overline{C})=1 dim L ( C ) ≤ dim L ( C ) = 1 , so D = C D=C D = C , which is a contradiction. □
The Hecke sieve in degree six
Let X = X 1 ( m , n ) X=X_1(m,n) X = X 1 ( m , n ) with rk J ( Q ( ζ m ) ) = 0 \operatorname{rk}J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m))=0 rk J ( Q ( ζ m )) = 0 , let p \mathfrak{p} p be a prime of Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) above a prime p ∤ n p\nmid n p ∤ n , with residue field k k k , let K ⊇ Q ( ζ m ) K\supseteq\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) K ⊇ Q ( ζ m ) be a field of degree 6 and let x ∈ Y 1 ( m , n ) ( K ) x\in Y_1(m,n)(K) x ∈ Y 1 ( m , n ) ( K ) , with trace divisor D x : = x ( d m ) D_x:=x^{(d_m)} D x := x ( d m ) . Reducing modulo p \mathfrak{p} p we may write
( D x ) k = D + C , (D_x)_k=D+C, ( D x ) k = D + C ,
where D D D is effective of degree d ′ d' d ′ with non-cuspidal support and C C C is effective cuspidal of degree d m − d ′ d_m-d' d m − d ′ , and d ′ ≥ 1 d'\geq1 d ′ ≥ 1 if and only if the elliptic curve corresponding to x x x has good reduction at some prime of K K K above p \mathfrak{p} p . As in [36 §6] we call the multiset of degrees of the closed points occurring in D D D , a partition of d ′ d' d ′ , the type of the decomposition, and write it in brackets. The Hecke sieve [11 Proposition 5.5] says that if [ A q ( D ) ] ≠ 0 [A_q(D)]\neq0 [ A q ( D )] = 0 and [ A q ( C ) ] = 0 [A_q(C)]=0 [ A q ( C )] = 0 in J ( k ) J(k) J ( k ) for some prime q ∤ 2 p n q\nmid2pn q ∤ 2 p n with q ≡ 1 ( m o d m ) q\equiv1\pmod m q ≡ 1 ( mod m ) , then this decomposition cannot occur, since [ A q ( D x ) ] = 0 [A_q(D_x)]=0 [ A q ( D x )] = 0 by Proposition 2.1(4) and its reduction is [ A q ( D ) ] + [ A q ( C ) ] [A_q(D)]+[A_q(C)] [ A q ( D )] + [ A q ( C )] . Since A q A_q A q commutes with the diamond operators, it suffices to test one D D D in each orbit of the diamond action.
The condition [ A q ( C ) ] = 0 [A_q(C)]=0 [ A q ( C )] = 0 is supplied by [36 Lemma 6.1] , whose proof applies to X 1 ( m , n ) X_1(m,n) X 1 ( m , n ) for every m m m . The cusps are defined over M : = Q ( ζ n ) M:=\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_n) M := Q ( ζ n ) , and the Frobenius of p \mathfrak{p} p acts on them as the element p f p^f p f of Gal ( M / Q ( ζ m ) ) ⊆ ( Z / n Z ) × \operatorname{Gal}(M/\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m))\subseteq(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})^\times Gal ( M / Q ( ζ m )) ⊆ ( Z / n Z ) × , where k = F p f k=\mathbb{F}_{p^f} k = F p f . For a closed cusp C i C_i C i of X k X_k X k let H i ⊆ Gal ( M / Q ( ζ m ) ) H_i\subseteq\operatorname{Gal}(M/\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)) H i ⊆ Gal ( M / Q ( ζ m )) be the stabilizer of the corresponding orbit of geometric cusps. Then [ A q ( C ) ] = 0 [A_q(C)]=0 [ A q ( C )] = 0 for every cuspidal divisor C C C supported on closed cusps C i C_i C i with q m o d n ∈ H i q\bmod n\in H_i q mod n ∈ H i , and in particular whenever q ≡ p f j ( m o d n ) q\equiv p^{fj}\pmod n q ≡ p f j ( mod n ) for some j ≥ 0 j\geq0 j ≥ 0 . If a closed cusp C i C_i C i is the reduction of a Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) -rational cusp, then H i = Gal ( M / Q ( ζ m ) ) H_i=\operatorname{Gal}(M/\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)) H i = Gal ( M / Q ( ζ m )) and it imposes no condition on q q q .
The curves over Q \mathbb{Q} Q
Proposition 6.1. The groups Z / n Z \mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} Z / n Z for n ∈ { 33 , 34 , 35 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 42 , 50 } n\in\{33,34,35,38,39,40,42,50\} n ∈ { 33 , 34 , 35 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 42 , 50 } and the groups Z / 2 Z × Z / 22 Z \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/22\mathbb{Z} Z /2 Z × Z /22 Z and Z / 2 Z × Z / 28 Z \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/28\mathbb{Z} Z /2 Z × Z /28 Z are not subgroups of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field. Hence, by Lemma 3.2, neither are Z / 44 Z \mathbb{Z}/44\mathbb{Z} Z /44 Z and Z / 56 Z \mathbb{Z}/56\mathbb{Z} Z /56 Z .
Proof. Let X = X 1 ( m , n ) X=X_1(m,n) X = X 1 ( m , n ) be one of the ten curves and let p p p be the prime in Table 4 . In every case rk J ( Q ) = 0 \operatorname{rk}J(\mathbb{Q})=0 rk J ( Q ) = 0 . For m = 1 m=1 m = 1 this is [7 Theorem 3.1(2)] , and for m = 2 m=2 m = 2 it is [7 Theorem 3.1(3)] (or [14 Theorem 4.1] ).
Table 4. The Hecke sieve computations of Propositions 6.1 , 6.3 , 7.2 and 7.3 . The fourth column lists the number of non-cuspidal closed points of X F p X_{\mathbb{F}_p} X F p of degree 1 , … , 6 1,\ldots,6 1 , … , 6 , and the fifth the number of their orbits under the diamond action. Reducible types such as [ 3 , 3 ] [3,3] [ 3 , 3 ] and [ 4 , 2 ] [4,2] [ 4 , 2 ] are assembled from these and are processed as well. The sieve leaves no survivors, except for four divisors on X 1 ( 32 ) X_1(32) X 1 ( 32 ) and two on X 1 ( 2 , 26 ) X_1(2,26) X 1 ( 2 , 26 ) , which are treated in § 7 . In the digital version of the paper, the name of each curve is a link to the script that runs the sieve on it. For X 1 ( 33 ) X_1(33) X 1 ( 33 ) , X 1 ( 42 ) X_1(42) X 1 ( 42 ) , X 1 ( 49 ) X_1(49) X 1 ( 49 ) and X 1 ( 2 , 22 ) X_1(2,22) X 1 ( 2 , 22 ) the computation is split over several scripts, which are listed in the README of the repository.
We first exclude the totally cuspidal reduction using Proposition 5.1 with d = 6 d = 6 d = 6 . This requires gon Q X > 6 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}} X > 6 gon Q X > 6 when p > 2 p > 2 p > 2 , and gon Q X > 12 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}} X > 12 gon Q X > 12 when p = 2 p = 2 p = 2 , which happens only for n = 39 n = 39 n = 39 . By [15 Theorem 4 and Table 1] we have gon Q X 1 ( n ) = 10 , 10 , 12 , 12 , 14 , 12 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}} X_1(n) = 10, 10, 12, 12, 14, 12 gon Q X 1 ( n ) = 10 , 10 , 12 , 12 , 14 , 12 for n = 33 , 34 , 35 , 38 , 39 , 40 n = 33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 40 n = 33 , 34 , 35 , 38 , 39 , 40 , and Derickx and van Hoeij proved gon Q X 1 ( 42 ) > 8 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}} X_1(42) > 8 gon Q X 1 ( 42 ) > 8 [15 proof of Proposition 6] . Abramovich’s bound gives gon Q X 1 ( 50 ) > 8.92 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}} X_1(50) > 8.92 gon Q X 1 ( 50 ) > 8.92 . For X 1 ( 2 , 22 ) X_1(2, 22) X 1 ( 2 , 22 ) and X 1 ( 2 , 28 ) X_1(2, 28) X 1 ( 2 , 28 ) , Derickx and Sutherland proved gon F 3 X 1 ( 2 , 2 k ) > 6 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{F}_3} X_1(2, 2k) > 6 gon F 3 X 1 ( 2 , 2 k ) > 6 [14 proof of Proposition 5.5] , so gon Q X 1 ( 2 , 2 k ) > 6 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}} X_1(2, 2k) > 6 gon Q X 1 ( 2 , 2 k ) > 6 .
It remains to exclude every decomposition ( D x ) F p = D + C (D_x)_{\mathbb{F}_p} = D + C ( D x ) F p = D + C with deg D = d ′ ≥ 1 \deg D = d' \ge1 deg D = d ′ ≥ 1 . The types that can occur are limited by the degrees of the non-cuspidal closed points of X F p X_{\mathbb{F}_p} X F p . The numbers of these points and of their diamond orbits are listed in Table 4 . For one representative D D D of each diamond orbit, and for every possible cuspidal complement C C C , we compute, with the scripts linked in Table 4 , that [ A q ( D ) ] ≠ 0 [A_q(D)] \ne0 [ A q ( D )] = 0 for one of the listed primes q q q for which [ A q ( C ) ] = 0 [A_q(C)] = 0 [ A q ( C )] = 0 holds, and this leaves no survivors.
For example, X 1 ( 39 ) F 2 X_1(39)_{\mathbb{F}_2} X 1 ( 39 ) F 2 has no non-cuspidal closed points of degree less than 6, and 12 of degree 6. As the totally cuspidal reduction is excluded, the reduction of the trace divisor is one of these 12 points, so it has type [ 6 ] [6] [ 6 ] and C = 0 C = 0 C = 0 . The 12 points form a single orbit under Δ ( 39 ) \Delta(39) Δ ( 39 ) , so it suffices to take one of them as D D D , and we compute that [ A q ( D ) ] ≠ 0 [A_q(D)] \ne0 [ A q ( D )] = 0 for q = 5 q = 5 q = 5 or q = 7 q = 7 q = 7 .
Remark 6.2. The cuspidal complements impose the following conditions on q q q . For ( n , p ) = ( 34 , 3 ) , ( 38 , 3 ) (n,p) = (34,3), (38,3) ( n , p ) = ( 34 , 3 ) , ( 38 , 3 ) the prime p p p is a primitive root modulo n n n , and for X 1 ( 35 ) X_1(35) X 1 ( 35 ) , X 1 ( 39 ) X_1(39) X 1 ( 39 ) and X 1 ( 50 ) X_1(50) X 1 ( 50 ) every Galois orbit of cusps over Q \mathbb{Q} Q stays irreducible modulo p p p , so in these cases every q q q is admissible. For X 1 ( 33 ) X_1(33) X 1 ( 33 ) at 5 the only orbit that splits modulo 5 has degree 10 and splits into two places of degree 5, which cannot occur in a cuspidal complement since Y 1 ( 33 ) ( F 5 ) = ∅ Y_1(33)(\mathbb{F}_5)=\varnothing Y 1 ( 33 ) ( F 5 ) = ∅ . For X 1 ( 32 ) X_1(32) X 1 ( 32 ) at 3 a cuspidal complement of degree at least 2 can contain one of the two places of degree 2 of an orbit of degree 4, and for these types we used only q = 11 ≡ 3 7 ( m o d 32 ) q=11\equiv3^7\pmod{32} q = 11 ≡ 3 7 ( mod 32 ) . For X 1 ( 40 ) X_1(40) X 1 ( 40 ) at 3 the complements of degree at most 2 impose the condition q m o d 40 ∈ { 1 , 3 , 9 , 11 , 17 , 19 , 27 , 33 } q\bmod40\in\{1,3,9,11,17,19,27,33\} q mod 40 ∈ { 1 , 3 , 9 , 11 , 17 , 19 , 27 , 33 } , and we used only q = 11 q=11 q = 11 for the type [4]. For X 1 ( 42 ) X_1(42) X 1 ( 42 ) at 5, a cuspidal complement of degree 3 can be one of the places of degree 3 into which two of the orbits of degree 6 split, and for the type [3] we used only q = 17 ≡ 5 5 ( m o d 42 ) q=17\equiv5^5\pmod{42} q = 17 ≡ 5 5 ( mod 42 ) . For X 1 ( 2 , 22 ) X_1(2,22) X 1 ( 2 , 22 ) we used only q = 5 ≡ 3 8 ( m o d 44 ) q=5\equiv3^8\pmod{44} q = 5 ≡ 3 8 ( mod 44 ) for the types with a cuspidal complement. For X 1 ( 2 , 26 ) X_1(2,26) X 1 ( 2 , 26 ) and X 1 ( 2 , 28 ) X_1(2,28) X 1 ( 2 , 28 ) the cuspidal complement has degree at most 1, and the eighteen (respectively twelve) cusps of degree 1 over F 3 \mathbb{F}_3 F 3 are reductions of rational cusps. For the curves X 1 ( n ) X_1(n) X 1 ( n ) the code computes the condition from the model and checks that the degrees of the reductions of the cusps agree with the prediction of [7 Lemma 2.8] . For X 1 ( 2 , 26 ) X_1(2,26) X 1 ( 2 , 26 ) and X 1 ( 2 , 28 ) X_1(2,28) X 1 ( 2 , 28 ) it computes the condition from the description of the cusps by Tate curves, and checks that the degrees of the reductions of the cusps on the model agree with it. For X 1 ( 2 , 22 ) X_1(2,22) X 1 ( 2 , 22 ) no such computation is needed, as 5 ≡ 3 8 ( m o d 44 ) 5\equiv3^8\pmod{44} 5 ≡ 3 8 ( mod 44 ) .
Proposition 6.3. The group Z / 49 Z \mathbb{Z}/49\mathbb{Z} Z /49 Z is not a subgroup of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field.
Proof. We have rk J 1 ( 49 ) ( Q ) = 0 \operatorname{rk} J_1(49)(\mathbb{Q})=0 rk J 1 ( 49 ) ( Q ) = 0 by [7 Theorem 3.1(2)] , and Abramovich’s bound gives gon Q X 1 ( 49 ) > 11.66 > 6 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}} X_1(49)>11.66>6 gon Q X 1 ( 49 ) > 11.66 > 6 , so Proposition 5.1(a) with p = 3 p=3 p = 3 excludes the totally cuspidal reduction. The Galois orbits of cusps over Q \mathbb{Q} Q have degrees 1 21 1^{21} 1 21 , 6 3 6^3 6 3 , 21 21 21 , and 3 is a primitive root modulo 49, so each of them stays irreducible modulo 3. By Table 4 the non-cuspidal part D D D of the reduction is a single closed point of degree 4, 5 or 6. In the first two cases the cuspidal complement is supported on the reductions of rational cusps, and we compute that [ A 5 ( D ) ] ≠ 0 [A_5(D)]\ne0 [ A 5 ( D )] = 0 for the representatives of the 1 and 3 diamond orbits. In the third case there is no cuspidal complement, and we compute that [ A 5 ( D ) ] ≠ 0 [A_5(D)]\ne0 [ A 5 ( D )] = 0 also for the representatives of the 8 diamond orbits. □
Remark 6.4. As an independent check of the case of degree 6 in the proof of Proposition 6.3 , we also used the operator A 2 = T 2 − 2 ⟨ 2 ⟩ − 1 A_2=T_2-2\langle2\rangle-1 A 2 = T 2 − 2 ⟨ 2 ⟩ − 1 . As q = 2 q=2 q = 2 is not covered by Proposition 2.1(2), this needs a separate argument, which we give in § 11 .
The curves over Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m )
For Z / 3 Z × Z / 24 Z \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z} Z /3 Z × Z /24 Z , Z / 6 Z × Z / 12 Z \mathbb{Z}/6\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/12\mathbb{Z} Z /6 Z × Z /12 Z , Z / 4 Z × Z / 16 Z \mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/16\mathbb{Z} Z /4 Z × Z /16 Z and Z / 4 Z × Z / 20 Z \mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/20\mathbb{Z} Z /4 Z × Z /20 Z we use the same method over Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) , with d = d m = 3 d=d_m=3 d = d m = 3 . We work at a prime p \mathfrak{p} p of Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) above p = 7 , 3 , 3 , 3 p=7,3,3,3 p = 7 , 3 , 3 , 3 respectively. For m = 6 m=6 m = 6 we have ⟨ 13 ⟩ = 1 \langle13\rangle=1 ⟨ 13 ⟩ = 1 on X 1 ( 6 , 12 ) X_1(6,12) X 1 ( 6 , 12 ) , so A 13 = T 13 − 14 A_{13}=T_{13}-14 A 13 = T 13 − 14 .
Lemma 6.5. We have gon C X 1 ( 6 , 12 ) > 3 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{C}} X_1(6,12)>3 gon C X 1 ( 6 , 12 ) > 3 .
Proof. The forgetful map X 1 ( 6 , 12 ) → X 1 ( 3 , 12 ) X_1(6,12)\to X_1(3,12) X 1 ( 6 , 12 ) → X 1 ( 3 , 12 ) , ( E , P , Q ) ↦ ( E , 2 P , Q ) (E,P,Q)\mapsto(E,2P,Q) ( E , P , Q ) ↦ ( E , 2 P , Q ) , has degree 2, and the two curves have genera 9 and 3. A map X 1 ( 6 , 12 ) → P 1 X_1(6,12)\to\mathbb{P}^1 X 1 ( 6 , 12 ) → P 1 of degree d ≤ 3 d\le3 d ≤ 3 cannot factor through it, as X 1 ( 3 , 12 ) X_1(3,12) X 1 ( 3 , 12 ) is not rational, so the Castelnuovo–Severi inequality [42 Theorem 3.11.3] gives 9 ≤ 2 ⋅ 3 + ( d − 1 ) ≤ 8 9\le2\cdot3+(d-1)\le8 9 ≤ 2 ⋅ 3 + ( d − 1 ) ≤ 8 , which is a contradiction. □
Proposition 6.6. The groups Z / 3 Z × Z / 24 Z \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z} Z /3 Z × Z /24 Z , Z / 6 Z × Z / 12 Z \mathbb{Z}/6\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/12\mathbb{Z} Z /6 Z × Z /12 Z , Z / 4 Z × Z / 16 Z \mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/16\mathbb{Z} Z /4 Z × Z /16 Z and Z / 4 Z × Z / 20 Z \mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/20\mathbb{Z} Z /4 Z × Z /20 Z are not subgroups of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field.
Proof. Let E E E be an elliptic curve over a sextic field K K K containing one of the four groups, and let X = X 1 ( m , n ) X=X_1(m,n) X = X 1 ( m , n ) be the corresponding curve. In every case rk J ( Q ( ζ m ) ) = 0 \operatorname{rk}J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m))=0 rk J ( Q ( ζ m )) = 0 by [14 Theorem 4.1] . The indices [ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ 1 ( n ) ∩ Γ ( m ) ‾ ] = 576 [\operatorname{PSL}_2(\mathbb{Z}):\overline{\Gamma_1(n)\cap\Gamma(m)}]=576 [ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ 1 ( n ) ∩ Γ ( m ) ] = 576 , 384 and 576 for X 1 ( 3 , 24 ) X_1(3,24) X 1 ( 3 , 24 ) , X 1 ( 4 , 16 ) X_1(4,16) X 1 ( 4 , 16 ) and X 1 ( 4 , 20 ) X_1(4,20) X 1 ( 4 , 20 ) give gon C X > 5.71 , 3.80 , 5.71 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{C}} X > 5.71, 3.80, 5.71 gon C X > 5.71 , 3.80 , 5.71 , and gon C X 1 ( 6 , 12 ) > 3 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{C}} X_1(6,12) > 3 gon C X 1 ( 6 , 12 ) > 3 by Lemma 6.5 . Hence Proposition 5.1(a) with d = 3 d = 3 d = 3 shows that E E E has good reduction at some prime of K K K above p \mathfrak{p} p , and the reduction of the trace divisor has a non-cuspidal part D D D .
The residue field k k k of p \mathfrak{p} p is F 7 \mathbb{F}_7 F 7 for m = 3 , 6 m = 3, 6 m = 3 , 6 and F 9 \mathbb{F}_9 F 9 for m = 4 m = 4 m = 4 , and the residue fields of K K K above p \mathfrak{p} p are extensions of k k k of degree 1, 2 or 3. For Z / 3 Z × Z / 24 Z \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z} Z /3 Z × Z /24 Z and Z / 6 Z × Z / 12 Z \mathbb{Z}/6\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/12\mathbb{Z} Z /6 Z × Z /12 Z the Hasse bounds 13 and 64 over F 7 \mathbb{F}_7 F 7 and F 49 \mathbb{F}_{49} F 49 exclude a subgroup of order 72, for Z / 4 Z × Z / 16 Z \mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/16\mathbb{Z} Z /4 Z × Z /16 Z the Hasse bound over F 9 \mathbb{F}_9 F 9 excludes a subgroup of order 64, and over F 81 \mathbb{F}_{81} F 81 a subgroup of order 64 forces the Frobenius to be the scalar 9, so E ( F 81 ) = E [ 8 ] E(\mathbb{F}_{81}) = E[8] E ( F 81 ) = E [ 8 ] , which has no point of order 16. Hence in these three cases D D D is a single closed point of degree 3, with no cuspidal complement. For Z / 4 Z × Z / 20 Z \mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/20\mathbb{Z} Z /4 Z × Z /20 Z the closed point can also have degree 2, with a cuspidal complement of degree 1.
The numbers of the non-cuspidal closed points of these degrees and of their diamond orbits are listed in Table 5 , together with the primes q q q that we use. All of them satisfy q ≡ 1 ( m o d m ) q \equiv1 \pmod{m} q ≡ 1 ( mod m ) and split completely in Q ( ζ m ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m) Q ( ζ m ) , and the standard cusp c 0 c_0 c 0 satisfies A q ( c 0 ) = 0 A_q(c_0) = 0 A q ( c 0 ) = 0 by Proposition 2.1(3). For Z / 4 Z × Z / 20 Z \mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/20\mathbb{Z} Z /4 Z × Z /20 Z and D D D of degree 2 we use q = 29 q = 29 q = 29 . As 29 ≡ 9 = 3 2 ( m o d 20 ) 29 \equiv9 = 3^2 \pmod{20} 29 ≡ 9 = 3 2 ( mod 20 ) , the cuspidal complement C C C satisfies [ A 29 ( C ) ] = 0 [A_{29}(C)] = 0 [ A 29 ( C )] = 0 by the discussion at the beginning of § 6 . For one representative D D D of each diamond orbit we compute, with the scripts linked in Table 5 , that [ A q ( D ) ] ≠ 0 [A_q(D)] \ne0 [ A q ( D )] = 0 , so no decomposition can occur. □
Table 5. The Hecke sieve computations of Proposition 6.6 . For X 1 ( 4 , 20 ) X_1(4,20) X 1 ( 4 , 20 ) we use q = 29 q = 29 q = 29 for the points of degree 2 and q = 13 q = 13 q = 13 for the points of degree 3. The sieve leaves no survivors. As in Table 4 , the name of each curve is a link to the script that runs the sieve on it.
Remark 6.7. In Proposition 6.6 we check the completeness of the enumeration of the closed points by an independent count of the elliptic curves over the extensions of k k k of degree 1, 2 and 3 with the required level structure (see independent_m3_counts.m, independent_m6_counts.m, independent_m4_p3_counts.m and independent_m4_20_p3_counts.m). For instance, # Y 1 ( 4 , 16 ) ( F 9 d ) = 0 , 0 , 960 \#Y_1(4,16)(\mathbb{F}_{9^d}) = 0, 0, 960 # Y 1 ( 4 , 16 ) ( F 9 d ) = 0 , 0 , 960 for d = 1 , 2 , 3 d = 1, 2, 3 d = 1 , 2 , 3 , which agrees with 320 closed points of degree 3. The same check was done for all the curves of Table 4 (see § 11 ).
Arguments with cuspidal divisor classes
The Hecke sieve uses only the fact that A q A_q A q kills J ( Q ( ζ m ) ) J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)) J ( Q ( ζ m )) . When J ( Q ( ζ m ) ) J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)) J ( Q ( ζ m )) is known explicitly, and in particular when it is generated by cuspidal divisor classes, we can instead compare the classes of the possible reductions with the reduction of J ( Q ( ζ m ) ) J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_m)) J ( Q ( ζ m )) itself. This is the method of [7 §5.2] and [36 §8] , which we use in the following form.
Lemma 7.1. Let X X X be a curve over a number field F F F with a rational cusp c ∗ c_* c ∗ , let p \mathfrak{p} p be a prime of good reduction of X X X with residue field k k k , and let G ⊆ J ( k ) G \subseteq J(k) G ⊆ J ( k ) be a subgroup containing
the reduction of J ( F ) J(F) J ( F ) . Let D ∈ X ( d ) ( F ) D \in X^{(d)}(F) D ∈ X ( d ) ( F ) , and write its reduction modulo p p p as Z + C Z+C Z + C , where Z Z Z is effective of degree e e e with non-cuspidal support and C C C is effective and cuspidal. Then
[ Z + C − d c ∗ ] ∈ G . [Z+C-dc_*]\in G. [ Z + C − d c ∗ ] ∈ G .
Proof. This is the reduction of the class [ D − d c ∗ ] ∈ J ( F ) [D-dc_*]\in J(F) [ D − d c ∗ ] ∈ J ( F ) .
So an effective divisor Z Z Z of degree e e e with non-cuspidal support can be the non-cuspidal part of the reduction of D D D only if [ Z + C − d c ∗ ] ∈ G [Z+C-dc_*]\in G [ Z + C − d c ∗ ] ∈ G for some effective cuspidal divisor C C C of degree d − e d-e d − e on X k X_k X k . To check this for many Z Z Z at once, we compute for each j ≥ 0 j\geq0 j ≥ 0 the set S j ⊆ J ( k ) / G S_j\subseteq J(k)/G S j ⊆ J ( k ) / G of the classes of [ j c ∗ − C ] [jc_*-C] [ j c ∗ − C ] , where C C C runs over the effective cuspidal divisors of degree j j j on X k X_k X k . The condition then says that the image of [ Z − e c ∗ ] [Z-ec_*] [ Z − e c ∗ ] in J ( k ) / G J(k)/G J ( k ) / G lies in S d − e S_{d-e} S d − e .
In practice G G G is either the image of the reduction map on J ( F ) J(F) J ( F ) , when J ( F ) J(F) J ( F ) is known and reduction is injective on it, or the subgroup generated by the classes [ c ˉ − deg ( c ˉ ) c ∗ ] [\bar{c}-\deg(\bar{c})c_*] [ c ˉ − deg ( c ˉ ) c ∗ ] of all closed cusps c ˉ \bar{c} c ˉ of X k X_k X k , when J ( F ) J(F) J ( F ) is generated by cuspidal divisor classes. In the latter case G G G contains the reduction of J ( F ) J(F) J ( F ) without any assumption on which cusps are rational, and it contains the classes of all cuspidal divisors of degree 0 0 0 on X k X_k X k . So every S j S_j S j is trivial, and the condition is simply [ Z − e c ∗ ] ∈ G [Z-ec_*]\in G [ Z − e c ∗ ] ∈ G .
Usually we test only one representative Z Z Z of each orbit of the diamond operators, and the numbers of divisors Z Z Z that we give are then numbers of orbit representatives. This is justified by the identity
[ δ Z − e c ∗ ] = δ [ Z − e c ∗ ] + e [ δ c ∗ − c ∗ ] ( δ ∈ Δ ( n ) ) . [\delta Z-ec_*]=\delta[Z-ec_*]+e[\delta c_*-c_*]\qquad(\delta\in\Delta(n)). [ δ Z − e c ∗ ] = δ [ Z − e c ∗ ] + e [ δ c ∗ − c ∗ ] ( δ ∈ Δ ( n )) .
In both cases above G G G is stable under the diamond operators and contains [ δ c ∗ − c ∗ ] [\delta c_*-c_*] [ δ c ∗ − c ∗ ] , as δ c ∗ \delta c_* δ c ∗ is again an F F F -rational cusp, and δ \delta δ permutes the effective cuspidal divisors of each degree, so the condition holds for Z Z Z if and only if it holds for δ Z \delta Z δ Z .
The curves X 1 ( 32 ) X_1(32) X 1 ( 32 ) , X 1 ( 2 , 26 ) X_1(2,26) X 1 ( 2 , 26 ) and X 1 ( 36 ) X_1(36) X 1 ( 36 )
Proposition 7.2. The group Z / 32 Z \mathbb{Z}/32\mathbb{Z} Z /32 Z is not a subgroup of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field.
Proof. We have rk J 1 ( 32 ) ( Q ) = 0 \operatorname{rk} J_1(32)(\mathbb{Q})=0 rk J 1 ( 32 ) ( Q ) = 0 and J 1 ( 32 ) ( Q ) = Cl Q c X 1 ( 32 ) ≃ ( Z / 2 Z ) 3 × Z / 4 Z × Z / 120 Z × Z / 11640 Z J_1(32)(\mathbb{Q})=\operatorname{Cl}_{\mathbb{Q}}^c X_1(32)\simeq(\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})^3\times\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/120\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/11640\mathbb{Z} J 1 ( 32 ) ( Q ) = Cl Q c X 1 ( 32 ) ≃ ( Z /2 Z ) 3 × Z /4 Z × Z /120 Z × Z /11640 Z [7 Theorem 3.1(2), Corollary 4.14 and Table 2] , and gon Q X 1 ( 32 ) = 8 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}}X_1(32)=8 gon Q X 1 ( 32 ) = 8 [15 Theorem 4 and Table 1] . As in the proof of Proposition 6.1 , Proposition 5.1 with p = 3 p=3 p = 3 excludes the totally cuspidal reduction, and the Hecke sieve at p = 3 p=3 p = 3 (see Table 4 and Remark 6.2) excludes every decomposition except four, three of type [ 6 ] [6] [ 6 ] and one of type [ 3 , 3 ] [3,3] [ 3 , 3 ] , none of which has a cuspidal complement. Let G G G be the subgroup of J 1 ( 32 ) ( F 3 ) J_1(32)(\mathbb{F}_3) J 1 ( 32 ) ( F 3 ) generated by the reductions of the rational cuspidal divisors of degree 0 0 0 . We compute that G ≃ ( Z / 2 Z ) 3 × Z / 4 Z × Z / 120 Z × Z / 11640 Z G\simeq(\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})^3\times\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/120\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/11640\mathbb{Z} G ≃ ( Z /2 Z ) 3 × Z /4 Z × Z /120 Z × Z /11640 Z , so G G G is the reduction of J 1 ( 32 ) ( Q ) J_1(32)(\mathbb{Q}) J 1 ( 32 ) ( Q ) , and that none of the four classes [ Z − 6 c ∗ ] [Z-6c_*] [ Z − 6 c ∗ ] lies in G G G . By Lemma 7.1 none of them is the reduction of a trace divisor.
Proposition 7.3. The group Z / 2 Z × Z / 26 Z \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/26\mathbb{Z} Z /2 Z × Z /26 Z is not a subgroup of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field. Hence, by Lemma 3.2 , neither is Z / 52 Z \mathbb{Z}/52\mathbb{Z} Z /52 Z .
Proof. Let X = X 1 ( 2 , 26 ) X=X_1(2,26) X = X 1 ( 2 , 26 ) , a curve of genus 25 25 25 . Its Jacobian has rank 0 0 0 over Q \mathbb{Q} Q and J ( Q ) = Cl Q c X ≃ Z / 2 Z × Z / 14 Z × Z / 266 Z × Z / 3990 Z × Z / 11970 Z J(\mathbb{Q})=\operatorname{Cl}_{\mathbb{Q}}^c X\simeq\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/14\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/266\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/3990\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/11970\mathbb{Z} J ( Q ) = Cl Q c X ≃ Z /2 Z × Z /14 Z × Z /266 Z × Z /3990 Z × Z /11970 Z [7 Theorem 3.1(3), Proposition 4.16 and Table 3] , and gon Q X > 6 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}}X>6 gon Q X > 6 [14 proof of Proposition 5.5] . As in the proof of Proposition 6.1 , the totally cuspidal reduction is excluded by Proposition 5.1 with p = 3 p=3 p = 3 , and the Hecke sieve at p = 3 p=3 p = 3 excludes every decomposition except two of type [ 6 ] [6] [ 6 ] . The subgroup G G G of J ( F 3 ) J(\mathbb{F}_3) J ( F 3 ) generated by the differences of the 18 rational cusps has invariant factors [ 2 , 14 , 266 , 3990 , 11970 ] [2,14,266,3990,11970] [ 2 , 14 , 266 , 3990 , 11970 ] , so it is the reduction of J ( Q ) J(\mathbb{Q}) J ( Q ) . We compute that the classes [ Z − 6 c ˉ ∗ ] [Z-6\bar{c}_{*}] [ Z − 6 c ˉ ∗ ] of the two remaining divisors do not lie in G G G . As G G G is stable under the diamond operators, Lemma 7.1 completes the proof. □
Proposition 7.4. The group Z / 36 Z \mathbb{Z}/36\mathbb{Z} Z /36 Z is not a subgroup of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field.
Proof. We have J 1 ( 36 ) ( Q ) = Cl Q c X 1 ( 36 ) ≃ Z / 12 Z × Z / 252 Z × Z / 7812 Z J_{1}(36)(\mathbb{Q})=\operatorname{Cl}^{c}_{\mathbb{Q}}X_{1}(36)\simeq\mathbb{Z}/12\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/252\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/7812\mathbb{Z} J 1 ( 36 ) ( Q ) = Cl Q c X 1 ( 36 ) ≃ Z /12 Z × Z /252 Z × Z /7812 Z [7 Theorem 3.1(2), Corollary 4.14 and Table 2] and gon Q X 1 ( 36 ) = 8 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}}X_{1}(36)=8 gon Q X 1 ( 36 ) = 8 [15 Theorem 4 and Table 1] , so Proposition 5.1 with p = 5 p=5 p = 5 excludes the totally cuspidal reduction. Let G ⊆ J 1 ( 36 ) ( F 5 ) G\subseteq J_{1}(36)(\mathbb{F}_{5}) G ⊆ J 1 ( 36 ) ( F 5 ) be the subgroup generated by the classes [ c ˉ − deg ( c ˉ ) c ˉ ∗ ] [\bar{c}-\deg(\bar{c})\bar{c}_{*}] [ c ˉ − deg ( c ˉ ) c ˉ ∗ ] of all closed cusps c ˉ \bar{c} c ˉ of X 1 ( 36 ) F 5 X_{1}(36)_{\mathbb{F}_{5}} X 1 ( 36 ) F 5 . It contains the reduction of J 1 ( 36 ) ( Q ) J_{1}(36)(\mathbb{Q}) J 1 ( 36 ) ( Q ) , and we compute
J 1 ( 36 ) ( F 5 ) ≃ ( Z / 4 Z ) 2 × ( Z / 12 Z ) 2 × Z / 36 Z × ( Z / 7812 Z ) 2 , J_{1}(36)(\mathbb{F}_{5})\simeq(\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z})^{2}\times(\mathbb{Z}/12\mathbb{Z})^{2}\times\mathbb{Z}/36\mathbb{Z}\times(\mathbb{Z}/7812\mathbb{Z})^{2}, J 1 ( 36 ) ( F 5 ) ≃ ( Z /4 Z ) 2 × ( Z /12 Z ) 2 × Z /36 Z × ( Z /7812 Z ) 2 ,
G ≃ Z / 3 Z × Z / 36 Z × ( Z / 7812 Z ) 2 , G\simeq\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/36\mathbb{Z}\times(\mathbb{Z}/7812\mathbb{Z})^{2}, G ≃ Z /3 Z × Z /36 Z × ( Z /7812 Z ) 2 ,
so G G G has index 768 768 768 . The numbers of non-cuspidal closed points of X 1 ( 36 ) F 5 X_{1}(36)_{\mathbb{F}_{5}} X 1 ( 36 ) F 5 of degrees 1 , … , 6 1,\ldots,6 1 , … , 6 are 0 , 0 , 48 , 144 , 660 , 2856 0,0,48,144,660,2856 0 , 0 , 48 , 144 , 660 , 2856 , so the non-cuspidal part Z Z Z of a possible reduction is a single point of degree 3 , 4 , 5 3,4,5 3 , 4 , 5 or 6 6 6 , or the sum of two points of degree 3 3 3 . We compute that [ Z − ( deg Z ) c ˉ ∗ ] ∉ G [Z-(\deg Z)\bar{c}_{*}]\notin G [ Z − ( deg Z ) c ˉ ∗ ] ∈ / G for all the 48 + 144 + 660 + 2856 + 1176 48+144+660+2856+1176 48 + 144 + 660 + 2856 + 1176 divisors Z Z Z of these types. As G G G contains the classes of all cuspidal divisors of degree 0 0 0 , Lemma 7.1 shows that none of them occurs. □
The sextic points on X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) X_{1}(2,24) X 1 ( 2 , 24 )
On X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) X_{1}(2,24) X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) there are non-cuspidal sextic points, and we determine all of them. The computation in Proposition 7.5 shows that they form at most two orbits under the diamond operators, and in Proposition 10.3 we show, with an explicit elliptic curve, that this bound is attained.
Proposition 7.5. Let X = X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) X=X_{1}(2,24) X = X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) . There are Q \mathbb{Q} Q -rational cuspidal divisors L 1 , L 2 L_{1},L_{2} L 1 , L 2 of degree 6 6 6 on X X X , given explicitly below, with the following property. If D D D is an effective Q \mathbb{Q} Q -rational divisor of degree 6 6 6 on X X X with non-cuspidal support, then δ D ∼ L i \delta D\sim L_{i} δ D ∼ L i for some δ ∈ Δ ( 24 ) \delta\in\Delta(24) δ ∈ Δ ( 24 ) and some i ∈ { 1 , 2 } i\in\{1,2\} i ∈ { 1 , 2 } . Each of the linear systems ∣ L 1 ∣ \lvert L_{1}\rvert ∣ L 1 ∣ and ∣ L 2 ∣ \lvert L_{2}\rvert ∣ L 2 ∣ contains at most one effective divisor.
Proof. The curve X X X has genus 13 13 13 , its Jacobian has rank 0 0 0 and J ( Q ) = Cl Q c X ≃ Z / 2 Z × Z / 4 Z × Z / 4 Z × Z / 120 Z × Z / 240 Z J(\mathbb{Q})=\operatorname{Cl}^{c}_{\mathbb{Q}}X\simeq\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/120\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/240\mathbb{Z} J ( Q ) = Cl Q c X ≃ Z /2 Z × Z /4 Z × Z /4 Z × Z /120 Z × Z /240 Z [7 Theorem 3.1(3), Proposition 4.16 and Table 3] , and gon F 5 X > 6 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{F}_{5}}X>6 gon F 5 X > 6 [14 proof of Proposition 5.5] , so gon Q X > 6 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}}X>6 gon Q X > 6 . We work at p = 5 p=5 p = 5 .
Let D D D be an effective Q \mathbb{Q} Q -rational divisor of degree 6 6 6 on X X X with non-cuspidal support. If D D D were not a single closed point of degree $6, its support would contain a closed point of degree at most $3, which would give an elliptic curve over a number field of degree at most 3 3 3 with a subgroup isomorphic to Z / 2 Z × Z / 24 Z \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z} Z /2 Z × Z /24 Z , which is impossible [Maz77, Kam92a, DEvH+21]. So D D D is a closed point of degree 6 6 6 , and hence the trace divisor of a point of Y 1 ( 2 , 24 ) ( K ) Y_{1}(2,24)(K) Y 1 ( 2 , 24 ) ( K ) , where K K K is residue field. In particular the totally cuspidal reduction of D D D is excluded by Proposition 5.1.
We use the normalized universal curve y 2 = x 3 + c x 2 + d x y^{2}=x^{3}+cx^{2}+dx y 2 = x 3 + c x 2 + d x with P = ( 0 , 0 ) P=(0,0) P = ( 0 , 0 ) of order 2 2 2 and Q = ( b , b ) Q=(b,b) Q = ( b , b ) of order 24 24 24 , where d = b ( 1 − b − c ) d=b(1-b-c) d = b ( 1 − b − c ) . The functions b b b , d d d , c 2 − 4 d c^{2}-4d c 2 − 4 d and x ( j Q ) x(jQ) x ( j Q ) for 1 ≤ j ≤ 12 1\leq j\leq12 1 ≤ j ≤ 12 are units on Y 1 ( 2 , 24 ) Z [ 1 / 6 ] Y_{1}(2,24)_{\mathbb{Z}[1/6]} Y 1 ( 2 , 24 ) Z [ 1/6 ] , since j Q jQ j Q for j ≤ 12 j\leq12 j ≤ 12 is never equal to O O O or P P P in any fibre. It follows that their orders of vanishing at the cusps do not change under reduction modulo 5 5 5 , and grouping the cusps by these orders of vanishing gives 19 19 19 blocks B 1 , … , B 19 B_{1},\ldots,B_{19} B 1 , … , B 19 , each of which is a sum of Galois orbits of cusps over Q \mathbb{Q} Q , of degrees $1,1,1,2,2,1,4,4,4,2,2,1,1,4,2,2,1,1,1, where we order the blocks increasingly in the lexicographic order of their vectors of orders of vanishing (ord b \operatorname{ord} b ord b , ord d \operatorname{ord} d ord d , ord ( c 2 − 4 d ) \operatorname{ord}(c^{2}-4d) ord ( c 2 − 4 d ) , ord x ( Q ) , … , ord x ( 12 Q ) \operatorname{ord} x(Q),\ldots,\operatorname{ord} x(12Q) ord x ( Q ) , … , ord x ( 12 Q ) ). The block B 1 B_{1} B 1 is a single rational cusp, at which b b b has order − 22 -22 − 22 . In this proof we take c ∗ : = B 1 c_{*}:=B_{1} c ∗ := B 1 in Lemma 7.1 , and we put
L 1 = 15 B 1 − B 7 − B 8 + B 11 − B 14 + B 17 , L 2 = 3 B 1 + B 3 + B 4 + B 13 − B 16 + B 19 . \begin{aligned}
L_{1} &= 15B_{1}-B_{7}-B_{8}+B_{11}-B_{14}+B_{17},\\
L_{2} &= 3B_{1}+B_{3}+B_{4}+B_{13}-B_{16}+B_{19}.
\end{aligned} L 1 L 2 = 15 B 1 − B 7 − B 8 + B 11 − B 14 + B 17 , = 3 B 1 + B 3 + B 4 + B 13 − B 16 + B 19 .
Let G ⊆ J ( F 5 ) G\subseteq J(\mathbb{F}_{5}) G ⊆ J ( F 5 ) be the subgroup generated by the classes [ B ‾ j − deg ( B j ) c ‾ ∗ ] [\overline{B}_{j}-\deg(B_{j})\overline{c}_{*}] [ B j − deg ( B j ) c ∗ ] . We compute that G G G has invariant factors [ 2 , 4 , 4 , 120 , 240 ] [2,4,4,120,240] [ 2 , 4 , 4 , 120 , 240 ] , so G G G is the reduction of J ( Q ) J(\mathbb{Q}) J ( Q ) , and that J ( F 5 ) / G ≅ ( Z / 2 Z ) 2 × Z / 24 Z × Z / 48 Z J(\mathbb{F}_{5})/G\cong(\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})^{2}\times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/48\mathbb{Z} J ( F 5 ) / G ≅ ( Z /2 Z ) 2 × Z /24 Z × Z /48 Z . The sets S j S_{j} S j defined after Lemma 7.1 have 1 , 5 , 23 , 75 1,5,23,75 1 , 5 , 23 , 75 elements for j = 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 j=0,1,2,3 j = 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 .
Over F 5 \mathbb{F}_{5} F 5 the numbers of non-cuspidal closed points of degrees 1 , … , 6 1,\ldots,6 1 , … , 6 are 0 , 0 , 16 , 96 , 672 , 2712 0,0,16,96,672,2712 0 , 0 , 16 , 96 , 672 , 2712 , so the non-cuspidal part Z Z Z of the reduction of D D D has type [ 3 ] [3] [ 3 ] , [ 4 ] [4] [ 4 ] , [ 5 ] [5] [ 5 ] , [ 6 ] [6] [ 6 ] or [ 3 , 3 ] [3,3] [ 3 , 3 ] . Up to the diamond operators there are 4 4 4 , 32 32 32 , 168 168 168 , 684 684 684 and 64 64 64 such Z Z Z , respectively, and we compute that the condition [ Z − ( deg Z ) c ‾ ∗ ] m o d G ∈ S 6 − deg Z [Z-(\deg Z)\overline{c}_{*}]\bmod G\in S_{6-\deg Z} [ Z − ( deg Z ) c ∗ ] mod G ∈ S 6 − d e g Z holds for exactly two of them, both of type [ 6 ] [6] [ 6 ] , whose classes are those of L 1 L_{1} L 1 and L 2 L_{2} L 2 .
So, after applying a diamond operator, D D D reduces to one of these two points, and then [ D − L i ] [D-L_{i}] [ D − L i ] is a rational torsion class with trivial reduction, so D ∼ L i D\sim L_{i} D ∼ L i . As gon Q X > 6 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}}X>6 gon Q X > 6 , each of the linear systems ∣ L 1 ∣ |L_{1}| ∣ L 1 ∣ and ∣ L 2 ∣ |L_{2}| ∣ L 2 ∣ contains at most one effective divisor. □
The group Z/3Z × Z/18Z
For Z / 3 Z × Z / 18 Z \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/18\mathbb{Z} Z /3 Z × Z /18 Z the Hecke sieve at a single prime does not suffice, and we do not know J 1 ( 3 , 18 ) ( Q ( ζ 3 ) ) J_{1}(3,18)(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{3})) J 1 ( 3 , 18 ) ( Q ( ζ 3 )) explicitly. Instead we compare the reductions at two primes.
Lemma 7.6. Let X X X be a curve over a number field F F F with J ( F ) J(F) J ( F ) finite and with a rational cusp c ∗ c_{*} c ∗ . Let p 1 , p 2 \mathfrak{p}_{1},\mathfrak{p}_{2} p 1 , p 2 be primes of good reduction, with residue fields k 1 , k 2 k_{1},k_{2} k 1 , k 2 , such that reduction modulo p 1 \mathfrak{p}_{1} p 1 is injective on J ( F ) J(F) J ( F ) , let H i ⊆ J ( k i ) H_{i}\subseteq J(k_{i}) H i ⊆ J ( k i ) be the image of Cl F c ∗ X \operatorname{Cl}^{c_{*}}_{F}X Cl F c ∗ X under reduction modulo p i \mathfrak{p}_{i} p i , and let ψ : H 1 → H 2 \psi:H_{1}\to H_{2} ψ : H 1 → H 2 be the composite of the inverse of the reduction map Cl F c ∗ X → H 1 \operatorname{Cl}^{c_{*}}_{F}X\to H_{1} Cl F c ∗ X → H 1 with the reduction map Cl F c ∗ X → H 2 \operatorname{Cl}^{c_{*}}_{F}X\to H_{2} Cl F c ∗ X → H 2 . If J ( k 1 ) / H 1 J(k_{1})/H_{1} J ( k 1 ) / H 1 has exponent e e e , then for every D ∈ X ( d ) ( F ) D\in X^{(d)}(F) D ∈ X ( d ) ( F ) , with reductions D ‾ i \overline{D}_{i} D i and c ‾ ∗ , i \overline{c}_{*,i} c ∗ , i of D D D and c ∗ c_{*} c ∗ modulo p i \mathfrak{p}_{i} p i , we have
ψ ( e [ D ‾ 1 − d c ‾ ∗ , 1 ] ) = e [ D ‾ 2 − d c ‾ ∗ , 2 ] . \psi\left(e[\overline{D}_{1}-d\overline{c}_{*,1}]\right)=e[\overline{D}_{2}-d\overline{c}_{*,2}]. ψ ( e [ D 1 − d c ∗ , 1 ] ) = e [ D 2 − d c ∗ , 2 ] .
Proof. Let y = [ D − d c ∗ ] ∈ J ( F ) y=[D-dc_{*}]\in J(F) y = [ D − d c ∗ ] ∈ J ( F ) . The reduction of e y ey ey modulo p 1 \mathfrak{p}_{1} p 1 lies in H 1 H_{1} H 1 , so it is the reduction of some c ∈ Cl F c ∗ X c\in\operatorname{Cl}^{c_{*}}_{F}X c ∈ Cl F c ∗ X . Then e y − c ey-c ey − c has trivial reduction modulo p 1 \mathfrak{p}_{1} p 1 , so e y = c ey=c ey = c . Reducing modulo p 2 \mathfrak{p}_{2} p 2 gives the claim. □
Proposition 7.7. The group Z / 3 Z × Z / 18 Z \mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/18\mathbb{Z} Z /3 Z × Z /18 Z is not a subgroup of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field.
Proof. Let X = X 1 ( 3 , 18 ) X=X_{1}(3,18) X = X 1 ( 3 , 18 ) over Q ( ζ 3 ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{3}) Q ( ζ 3 ) , a curve of genus 10 10 10 . We have rk J ( Q ( ζ 3 ) ) = 0 \operatorname{rk}J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{3}))=0 rk J ( Q ( ζ 3 )) = 0 [14 Theorem 4.1] , and the index [ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ 1 ( 18 ) ∩ Γ ( 3 ) ] = 324 [\operatorname{PSL}_{2}(\mathbb{Z}):\Gamma_{1}(18)\cap\Gamma(3)]=324 [ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ 1 ( 18 ) ∩ Γ ( 3 )] = 324 gives gon Q X > 3.21 > 3 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}}X>3.21>3 gon Q X > 3.21 > 3 . We work at primes p 1 \mathfrak{p}_{1} p 1 and p 2 \mathfrak{p}_{2} p 2 of Q ( ζ 3 ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{3}) Q ( ζ 3 ) above 7 7 7 and 13 13 13 , with residue fields F 7 \mathbb{F}_{7} F 7 and F 13 \mathbb{F}_{13} F 13 . By Proposition 5.1, applied to p 1 \mathfrak{p}_{1} p 1 and p 2 \mathfrak{p}_{2} p 2 , the reduction of the trace divisor D D D modulo p i \mathfrak{p}_{i} p i has a non-cuspidal part. The numbers of non-cuspidal closed points of degrees 1 , 2 , 3 1,2,3 1 , 2 , 3 are 0 , 27 , 144 0,27,144 0 , 27 , 144 over F 7 \mathbb{F}_{7} F 7 and 0 , 54 , 846 0,54,846 0 , 54 , 846 over F 13 \mathbb{F}_{13} F 13 , so this non-cuspidal part is either a single point of degree 3 3 3 or a point of degree 2 2 2 , in which case the cuspidal complement is a cusp of degree 1 1 1 , which is the reduction of a Q ( ζ 3 ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{3}) Q ( ζ 3 ) -rational cusp. The diamond operators act on these points with orbits of length 3 3 3 . At p 1 \mathfrak{p}_{1} p 1 we compute that A 13 A_{13} A 13 excludes all 9 9 9 orbits of points of degree 2 2 2 and 36 36 36 of the 48 48 48 orbits of points of degree 3 3 3 , and at p 2 \mathfrak{p}_{2} p 2 that A 7 A_{7} A 7 excludes all 18 18 18 orbits of points of degree 2 and 270 of the 282 orbits of points of degree 3. This leaves 36 possible reductions at each prime.
To compare the two primes we need to identify the reductions of the cuspidal divisor classes. We use the model of X X X of [DS16], as implemented in [33 ] , on which the universal curve is y 2 + a 1 x y + a 3 y = x 3 y^2+a_1xy+a_3y=x^3 y 2 + a 1 x y + a 3 y = x 3 with P = ( 0 , 0 ) P=(0,0) P = ( 0 , 0 ) of order 3, normalized by y ( Q ) = x ( Q ) 2 y(Q)=x(Q)^2 y ( Q ) = x ( Q ) 2 for the point Q Q Q of order 18. A point of this curve with x = 0 x=0 x = 0 is ± P \pm P ± P , and one with y = 0 y=0 y = 0 is P P P , so x ( Q ) x(Q) x ( Q ) and y ( Q ) y(Q) y ( Q ) have no zeros or poles on Y 1 ( 3 , 18 ) Y_1(3,18) Y 1 ( 3 , 18 ) , and the normalization makes a 1 a_1 a 1 and a 3 a_3 a 3 regular functions on Y 1 ( 3 , 18 ) Y_1(3,18) Y 1 ( 3 , 18 ) over Z [ ζ 3 , 1 6 ] \mathbb{Z}[\zeta_3,\frac{1}{6}] Z [ ζ 3 , 6 1 ] . The functions
a 3 , a 1 3 − 27 a 3 , x ( k Q + j P ) , y ( k Q + j P ) ( 1 ≤ k ≤ 9 , 0 ≤ j ≤ 2 ) , a_3,\quad a_1^3-27a_3,\quad x(kQ+jP),\quad y(kQ+jP)\quad(1\leq k\leq9,\ 0\leq j\leq2), a 3 , a 1 3 − 27 a 3 , x ( k Q + j P ) , y ( k Q + j P ) ( 1 ≤ k ≤ 9 , 0 ≤ j ≤ 2 ) ,
x ( k Q ) − x ( k Q + P ) ( 1 ≤ k ≤ 9 ) , x ( k Q + P ) − x ( k Q + 2 P ) ( 1 ≤ k ≤ 8 ) x(kQ)-x(kQ+P)\quad(1\leq k\leq9),\qquad x(kQ+P)-x(kQ+2P)\quad(1\leq k\leq8) x ( k Q ) − x ( k Q + P ) ( 1 ≤ k ≤ 9 ) , x ( k Q + P ) − x ( k Q + 2 P ) ( 1 ≤ k ≤ 8 )
are units on Y 1 ( 3 , 18 ) Y_1(3,18) Y 1 ( 3 , 18 ) over Z [ ζ 3 , 1 6 ] \mathbb{Z}[\zeta_3,\frac{1}{6}] Z [ ζ 3 , 6 1 ] . Indeed, the discriminant of the curve is a 3 3 ( a 1 3 − 27 a 3 ) a_3^3(a_1^3-27a_3) a 3 3 ( a 1 3 − 27 a 3 ) , the points k Q + j P kQ+jP k Q + j P are never equal to O O O or ± P \pm P ± P , and in every fibre k Q + P ≠ ± k Q kQ+P\neq\pm kQ k Q + P = ± k Q and k Q + 2 P ≠ ± ( k Q + P ) kQ+2P\neq\pm(kQ+P) k Q + 2 P = ± ( k Q + P ) for these k k k . So grouping the cusps by their orders of vanishing at these functions gives the same 24 blocks, of degrees 1 18 1^ {18} 1 18 , 3 6 3^6 3 6 , at both primes, each of them the reduction of a Galois orbit of cusps over Q ( ζ 3 ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3) Q ( ζ 3 ) . We compute that the images H 1 , H 2 H_1,H_2 H 1 , H 2 of Cl Q ( ζ 3 ) c X \operatorname{Cl}_{\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3)}^c X Cl Q ( ζ 3 ) c X both have invariant factors [ 3 , 3 , 3 , 3 , 63 , 63 , 63 ] [3,3,3,3,63,63,63] [ 3 , 3 , 3 , 3 , 63 , 63 , 63 ] and that J ( F 7 ) / H 1 ≃ Z / 3 Z × Z / 3 Z × Z / 9 Z J(\mathbb{F}_7)/H_1\simeq\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/9\mathbb{Z} J ( F 7 ) / H 1 ≃ Z /3 Z × Z /3 Z × Z /9 Z . As 7 is odd, unramified in Q ( ζ 3 ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3) Q ( ζ 3 ) and a prime of good reduction for X X X , reduction modulo p 1 \mathfrak p_1 p 1 is injective on J ( Q ( ζ 3 ) ) = J ( Q ( ζ 3 ) ) t o r s J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3))=J(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3))_{\mathrm{tors}} J ( Q ( ζ 3 )) = J ( Q ( ζ 3 ) ) tors . Hence the map ψ \psi ψ of Lemma 7.6 sends the reduction modulo p 1 \mathfrak p_1 p 1 of the class of a combination of the blocks of degree 0 to its reduction modulo p 2 \mathfrak p_2 p 2 . By Lemma 7.6 with e = 9 e=9 e = 9 , a trace divisor would give a pair of possible reductions ( D ‾ 1 , D ‾ 2 ) (\overline{D}_1,\overline{D}_2) ( D 1 , D 2 ) with ψ ( 9 [ D ‾ 1 − 3 c ‾ ∗ , 1 ] ) = 9 [ D ‾ 2 − 3 c ‾ ∗ , 2 ] \psi(9[\overline{D}_1-3\overline{c}_{*,1}])=9[\overline{D}_2-3\overline{c}_{*,2}] ψ ( 9 [ D 1 − 3 c ∗ , 1 ]) = 9 [ D 2 − 3 c ∗ , 2 ] , and we compute that none of the 36 ⋅ 36 36\cdot36 36 ⋅ 36 pairs satisfies this. □
The group Z/2Z × Z/30Z
For X = X 1 ( 2 , 30 ) X=X_1(2,30) X = X 1 ( 2 , 30 ) we push the divisors forward to quotient curves. Let Y = X 1 ( 30 ) Y=X_1(30) Y = X 1 ( 30 ) and consider the three morphisms
π 1 ( E , P , Q ) = ( E , Q ) , π 2 ( E , P , Q ) = ( E , P + 16 Q ) , π 3 ( E , P , Q ) = ( E , P + Q ) \pi_1(E,P,Q)=(E,Q),\qquad\pi_2(E,P,Q)=(E,P+16Q),\qquad\pi_3(E,P,Q)=(E,P+Q) π 1 ( E , P , Q ) = ( E , Q ) , π 2 ( E , P , Q ) = ( E , P + 16 Q ) , π 3 ( E , P , Q ) = ( E , P + Q )
from X X X to Y Y Y . They are defined over Q \mathbb{Q} Q , they map cusps to cusps and they commute with the diamond operators. This is because 15 Q 15Q 15 Q , P P P and P + 15 Q P+15Q P + 15 Q are the non-zero points of E [ 2 ] E[2] E [ 2 ] , and adding 16 Q 16Q 16 Q , which has order 15, to them gives points of order 30. These three maps do not suffice, and we also use the quotient W W W of X X X by the automorphism ( E , P , Q ) ↦ ( E , 15 Q , P + Q ) (E,P,Q)\mapsto(E,15Q,P+Q) ( E , P , Q ) ↦ ( E , 15 Q , P + Q ) of order 3, which permutes the three non-zero points of E [ 2 ] E[2] E [ 2 ] cyclically. The curve W W W sees a part of J ( X ) J(X) J ( X ) that is invisible on Y Y Y (see Remark 7.9). It is the double cover of X 1 ( 15 ) X_1(15) X 1 ( 15 ) given by a square root of the discriminant of the universal elliptic curve over X 1 ( 15 ) X_1(15) X 1 ( 15 ) in Tate normal form, every cusp of X 1 ( 15 ) X_1(15) X 1 ( 15 ) is totally ramified in it, and it has genus 9, as we compute.
Proposition 7.8. The group Z / 2 Z × Z / 30 Z \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/30\mathbb{Z} Z /2 Z × Z /30 Z is not a subgroup of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field. Hence, by Lemma 3.2 , neither is Z / 60 Z \mathbb{Z}/60\mathbb{Z} Z /60 Z .
Proof. We have rk J ( Q ) = 0 \operatorname{rk}J(\mathbb{Q})=0 rk J ( Q ) = 0 [14 Theorem 4.1] , and gon X > 6 \operatorname{gon}X>6 gon X > 6 by [14 Lemma 5.6 and Proposition 5.7] , so Proposition 5.1 with p = 7 p=7 p = 7 excludes the totally cuspidal reduction. Write the reduction modulo 7 of the trace divisor as Z ′ + C Z'+C Z ′ + C , with Z ′ Z' Z ′ non-cuspidal of degree e > 0 e>0 e > 0 .
By [7 Theorem 3.1(2), Corollary 4.14 and Table 2] , J ( Y ) ( Q ) = Cl Q c Y ≃ Z / 4 Z × Z / 8160 Z J(Y)(\mathbb{Q})=\operatorname{Cl}_{\mathbb{Q}}^cY\simeq\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/8160\mathbb{Z} J ( Y ) ( Q ) = Cl Q c Y ≃ Z /4 Z × Z /8160 Z , and we compute that J ( Y ) ( F 7 ) ≃ ( Z / 4 Z ) 3 × Z / 136 Z × Z / 16320 Z J(Y)(\mathbb{F}_7)\simeq(\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z})^3\times\mathbb{Z}/136\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/16320\mathbb{Z} J ( Y ) ( F 7 ) ≃ ( Z /4 Z ) 3 × Z /136 Z × Z /16320 Z and that the reduction G G G of J ( Y ) ( Q ) J(Y)(\mathbb{Q}) J ( Y ) ( Q ) has index 4352. Applying Lemma 7.1 on Y Y Y to the push-forwards π i ∗ \pi_{i*} π i ∗ of the trace divisor, with every cuspidal complement on Y Y Y allowed, gives the condition
[ π i ∗ Z ′ − e c ˉ ∗ ] m o d G ∈ S 6 − e ( i = 1 , 2 , 3 ) , [\pi_{i*}Z' - e\bar{c}_*] \bmod G \in S_{6-e} \qquad(i=1,2,3), [ π i ∗ Z ′ − e c ˉ ∗ ] mod G ∈ S 6 − e ( i = 1 , 2 , 3 ) ,
where the sets S 0 , … , S 4 S_0,\ldots,S_4 S 0 , … , S 4 have 1, 9, 41, 67, 68 elements. The numbers of non-cuspidal closed points of X F 7 X_{\mathbb{F}_7} X F 7 of degrees 1, … \ldots … , 6 are 0, 24, 192, 732, 2736, 20000. We compute that of the 22706 possible non-cuspidal parts Z ′ Z' Z ′ , up to the diamond operators, 68 satisfy the condition for π 1 \pi_1 π 1 , and we check that 10 of these satisfy it for all three maps. These 10 divisors have degree 6. Four are single points of degree 6 and six are sums of three points of degree 2.
To exclude them we use the quotient W W W . By [7 Proposition 4.16] , every element of J ( Q ) J(\mathbb{Q}) J ( Q ) is the class of a (not necessarily effective) Q \mathbb{Q} Q -rational cuspidal divisor of degree 0. Push-forward maps such divisors on X X X to Q \mathbb{Q} Q -rational cuspidal divisors of degree 0 on W W W , so the push-forward to W W W of the class of any rational divisor of degree 0 on X X X is the class of a rational cuspidal divisor on W W W . Let H ⊆ J ( W ) ( F 7 ) H \subseteq J(W)(\mathbb{F}_7) H ⊆ J ( W ) ( F 7 ) be the reduction of the group generated by the rational cuspidal divisor classes of degree 0 on W W W . We compute
J ( W ) ( F 7 ) ≃ ( Z / 2 Z ) 6 × Z / 102 Z × Z / 10608 Z , H ≃ ( Z / 2 Z ) 5 × Z / 8 Z , J(W)(\mathbb{F}_7) \simeq(\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})^6 \times\mathbb{Z}/102\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/10608\mathbb{Z}, \qquad H \simeq(\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})^5 \times\mathbb{Z}/8\mathbb{Z}, J ( W ) ( F 7 ) ≃ ( Z /2 Z ) 6 × Z /102 Z × Z /10608 Z , H ≃ ( Z /2 Z ) 5 × Z /8 Z ,
and that the classes of the push-forwards to W W W of the 10 remaining divisors, based at 6 c ∗ 6c_* 6 c ∗ for a rational cusp c ∗ c_* c ∗ of W W W , do not lie in H H H . This excludes them. □
Remark 7.9. The covering X → X 1 ( 15 ) X \to X_1(15) X → X 1 ( 15 ) , ( E , P , Q ) ↦ ( E , 2 Q ) (E,P,Q) \mapsto(E,2Q) ( E , P , Q ) ↦ ( E , 2 Q ) , is Galois with group SL 2 ( F 2 ) ≃ S 3 \operatorname{SL}_2(\mathbb{F}_2) \simeq S_3 SL 2 ( F 2 ) ≃ S 3 , acting on the ordered bases ( P , 15 Q ) (P,15Q) ( P , 15 Q ) of E [ 2 ] E[2] E [ 2 ] , and W W W is its quotient by the subgroup A 3 A_3 A 3 of order 3. The space H 0 ( X , Ω 1 ) H^0(X,\Omega^1) H 0 ( X , Ω 1 ) decomposes into 1 copy of the trivial representation of S 3 S_3 S 3 , 8 copies of the sign representation and 8 copies of the 2-dimensional one, as the genera 1, 9, 9 and 25 of X 1 ( 15 ) X_1(15) X 1 ( 15 ) , W W W , Y Y Y and X X X show. Each π i \pi_i π i is invariant under a subgroup of order 2 of S 3 S_3 S 3 , so the differentials pulled back from Y Y Y involve only the trivial and the 2-dimensional representations, while those on W W W are the invariants of A 3 A_3 A 3 , which are the trivial and the sign representations. So the test on W W W detects the part of J ( X ) J(X) J ( X ) , of dimension 8, on which S 3 S_3 S 3 acts by the sign character and which is invisible on Y Y Y .
The group Z/54Z
Let X = X 1 ( 54 ) X=X_1(54) X = X 1 ( 54 ) and Y = X 1 ( 27 ) Y=X_1(27) Y = X 1 ( 27 ) , and let π : X → Y \pi:X\to Y π : X → Y be the map ( E , P ) ↦ ( E , 2 P ) (E,P)\mapsto(E,2P) ( E , P ) ↦ ( E , 2 P ) . It is defined over Q \mathbb{Q} Q , it has degree 3, and it maps cusps to cusps and non-cuspidal points to non-cuspidal points. Let z z z be a non-cuspidal closed point of Y F 5 Y_{\mathbb{F}_5} Y F 5 , with elliptic curve E z E_z E z over the residue field of z z z . The closed points of X F 5 X_{\mathbb{F}_5} X F 5 above z z z correspond to the Galois orbits of points of order 2 of E z E_z E z , so such a point x x x has degree deg z \deg z deg z or 2 deg z 2\deg z 2 deg z if E z E_z E z has a point of order 2 over the residue field of z z z , and degree 3 deg z 3\deg z 3 deg z otherwise, and π ∗ x = ( deg x / deg z ) z \pi_*x=(\deg x/\deg z)z π ∗ x = ( deg x / deg z ) z .
Proposition 7.10. The group Z / 54 Z \mathbb{Z}/54\mathbb{Z} Z /54 Z is not a subgroup of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field.
Proof. Suppose that E / K E/K E / K has a point P P P of order 54. We have k J 1 ( 54 ) ( Q ) = 0 kJ_1(54)(\mathbb{Q})=0 k J 1 ( 54 ) ( Q ) = 0 [7 Theorem 3.1(2)] , and the index [ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ 1 ( 54 ) ] = 972 [\operatorname{PSL}_2(\mathbb{Z}):\Gamma_1(54)]=972 [ PSL 2 ( Z ) : Γ 1 ( 54 )] = 972 gives gon Q X ≥ gon C X > 9.64 > 6 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}}X \ge\operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{C}}X > 9.64 > 6 gon Q X ≥ gon C X > 9.64 > 6 , so Proposition 5.1 with p = 5 p=5 p = 5 excludes the totally cuspidal reduction. Write the reduction modulo 5 of the trace divisor D D D of ( E , P ) (E,P) ( E , P ) as Z ′ + C Z'+C Z ′ + C , with Z ′ Z' Z ′ non-cuspidal of degree e > 0 e>0 e > 0 .
By [7 Corollary 4.14 and Table 2] , J 1 ( 27 ) ( Q ) = C Q J ≃ Z / 3 Z × Z / 3 Z × Z / 5249477 Z J_1(27)(\mathbb{Q})=C_{\mathbb{Q}}J \simeq\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/5249477\mathbb{Z} J 1 ( 27 ) ( Q ) = C Q J ≃ Z /3 Z × Z /3 Z × Z /5249477 Z . Let G ⊆ J 1 ( 27 ) ( F 5 ) G\subseteq J_1(27)(\mathbb{F}_5) G ⊆ J 1 ( 27 ) ( F 5 ) be the subgroup generated by the classes [ c ˉ − deg ( c ˉ ) c ∗ ] [\bar{c}-\deg(\bar{c})c_*] [ c ˉ − deg ( c ˉ ) c ∗ ] of all closed cusps c ˉ \bar{c} c ˉ of Y F 5 Y_{\mathbb{F}_5} Y F 5 . It contains the reduction of J 1 ( 27 ) ( Q ) J_1(27)(\mathbb{Q}) J 1 ( 27 ) ( Q ) , and we compute
J 1 ( 27 ) ( F 5 ) ≃ Z / 3 Z × Z / 3 Z × Z / 342175446 Z , G ≃ Z / 3 Z × Z / 3 Z × Z / 52497 Z , J_1(27)(\mathbb{F}_5)\simeq\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/342175446\mathbb{Z}, \qquad G\simeq\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/52497\mathbb{Z}, J 1 ( 27 ) ( F 5 ) ≃ Z /3 Z × Z /3 Z × Z /342175446 Z , G ≃ Z /3 Z × Z /3 Z × Z /52497 Z ,
so G G G has index 6518. As π \pi π is defined over Q \mathbb{Q} Q , the divisor π ∗ D \pi_*D π ∗ D on Y Y Y is effective, Q \mathbb{Q} Q -rational and of degree 6, and its reduction modulo 5 is π ∗ Z ′ + π ∗ C \pi_*Z' + \pi_*C π ∗ Z ′ + π ∗ C , where π ∗ Z ′ \pi_*Z' π ∗ Z ′ is non-cuspidal of degree e e e and π ∗ C \pi_*C π ∗ C is cuspidal. So Lemma 7.1 on Y Y Y gives [ π ∗ Z ′ + π ∗ C − 6 c ∗ ] ∈ G [\pi_*Z' + \pi_*C - 6c_*] \in G [ π ∗ Z ′ + π ∗ C − 6 c ∗ ] ∈ G , and as G G G contains the classes of all cuspidal divisors of degree 0, it follows that [ π ∗ Z ′ − e c ∗ ] ∈ G [\pi_*Z' - ec_*] \in G [ π ∗ Z ′ − e c ∗ ] ∈ G .
We also compute that the numbers of non-cuspidal closed points of Y F 5 Y_{\mathbb{F}_5} Y F 5 of degrees 1 , … , 6 1,\ldots,6 1 , … , 6 are 0 , 9 , 57 , 171 , 612 , 2700 0,9,57,171,612,2700 0 , 9 , 57 , 171 , 612 , 2700 , and that the elliptic curves of 0 , 0 , 30 , 171 , 396 , 1890 0,0,30,171,396,1890 0 , 0 , 30 , 171 , 396 , 1890 of them have a point of order 2 over the residue field. As e ≤ 6 e \leq6 e ≤ 6 , it follows that π ∗ Z ′ \pi_*Z' π ∗ Z ′ is either 3 z 3z 3 z with z z z of degree 2, or a single point z z z of degree 3, 4, 5 or 6, or z + z ′ z+z' z + z ′ with z z z and z ′ z' z ′ of degree 3 (possibly equal), where in the last two cases the elliptic curve of each point has a point of order 2 over its residue field. We compute that [ π ∗ Z ′ − e c ∗ ] ∈ G [\pi_*Z' - ec_*] \in G [ π ∗ Z ′ − e c ∗ ] ∈ G for only six of the 9 + 30 + 171 + 396 + 1890 + 465 9+30+171+396+1890+465 9 + 30 + 171 + 396 + 1890 + 465 divisors of these types, namely z i + z j z_i+z_j z i + z j with 1 ≤ i ≤ j ≤ 3 1 \leq i \leq j \leq3 1 ≤ i ≤ j ≤ 3 , where z 1 , z 2 , z 3 z_1,z_2,z_3 z 1 , z 2 , z 3 are the points of degree 3 of Y F 5 Y_{\mathbb{F}_5} Y F 5 whose elliptic curves have j j j -invariant 2. For a prime ℘ \wp ℘ of K K K above 5, the reduction of ( E , P ) (E,P) ( E , P ) modulo ℘ \wp ℘ is a point of X X X with values in F ℘ \mathbb{F}_\wp F ℘ , so it lies on a closed point of X F 5 X_{\mathbb{F}_5} X F 5 , which is non-cuspidal if and only if E E E has good reduction at ℘ \wp ℘ . The reduction of D D D modulo 5 is a sum of positive multiples of these closed points, so the support of Z ′ Z' Z ′ consists of those for the primes ℘ \wp ℘ at which E E E has good reduction, and as e > 0 e>0 e > 0 there is at least one such prime. As π \pi π maps each of them to one of z 1 , z 2 , z 3 z_1,z_2,z_3 z 1 , z 2 , z 3 , the reduction of E E E modulo each such ℘ \wp ℘ has j j j -invariant 2.
Let ℘ \wp ℘ be such a prime. The curve E ′ = E / ⟨ 27 P ⟩ E'=E/\langle27P\rangle E ′ = E / ⟨ 27 P ⟩ also has a point of order 54 over K K K : if ϕ : E → E ′ \phi:E\to E' ϕ : E → E ′ is the quotient isogeny, then ϕ ( 2 P ) \phi(2P) ϕ ( 2 P ) has order 27, and ker ϕ ^ = ϕ ( E [ 2 ] ) \ker\hat{\phi}=\phi(E[2]) ker ϕ ^ = ϕ ( E [ 2 ]) is generated by a K K K -rational point of order 2. So the above applies to E ′ E' E ′ as well, and as E ′ E' E ′ has good reduction at ℘ \wp ℘ , its reduction modulo ℘ \wp ℘ also has j j j -invariant 2. But this reduction is the quotient of the reduction of E E E by a subgroup of order 2. The curve y 2 = x 3 + x + 1 y^2=x^3+x+1 y 2 = x 3 + x + 1 has j j j -invariant 1728 ⋅ 4 / 31 = 2 1728\cdot4/31=2 1728 ⋅ 4/31 = 2 , so over F 5 \mathbb{F}_5 F 5 the reduction of E E E is isomorphic to it. Its points of order 2 are ( r , 0 ) (r,0) ( r , 0 ) with r 3 + r + 1 = 0 r^3+r+1=0 r 3 + r + 1 = 0 , and as x 3 + x + 1 x^3+x+1 x 3 + x + 1 has no root in F 5 \mathbb{F}_5 F 5 , r r r has degree 3 over F 5 \mathbb{F}_5 F 5 . Moving ( r , 0 ) (r,0) ( r , 0 ) to ( 0 , 0 ) (0,0) ( 0 , 0 ) gives the model y 2 = x ( x 2 + 3 r x + 3 r 2 + 1 ) y^2=x(x^2+3rx+3r^2+1) y 2 = x ( x 2 + 3 r x + 3 r 2 + 1 ) , and the quotient of a curve y 2 = x ( x 2 + a x + b ) y^2=x(x^2+ax+b) y 2 = x ( x 2 + a x + b ) by ⟨ ( 0 , 0 ) ⟩ \langle(0,0)\rangle ⟨( 0 , 0 )⟩ is y 2 = x ( x 2 − 2 a x + a 2 − 4 b ) y^2=x(x^2-2ax+a^2-4b) y 2 = x ( x 2 − 2 a x + a 2 − 4 b ) . So the quotient by ⟨ ( r , 0 ) ⟩ \langle(r,0)\rangle ⟨( r , 0 )⟩ is y 2 = x ( x 2 + 4 r x + 2 r 2 + 1 ) y^2=x(x^2+4rx+2r^2+1) y 2 = x ( x 2 + 4 r x + 2 r 2 + 1 ) , whose j j j -invariant is
1 r 2 + r + 1 = 2 r 2 + r + 4 ∉ F 5 , \frac{1}{r^2+r+1}=2r^2+r+4\notin\mathbb{F}_5, r 2 + r + 1 1 = 2 r 2 + r + 4 ∈ / F 5 ,
which is a contradiction.
Formal immersion at the prime 2
For n = 51 , 63 n=51,63 n = 51 , 63 and 65 every elliptic curve over a sextic field with a point of order n n n has bad reduction at all primes above 2 (for n = 65 n=65 n = 65 this is proved in Section 9). But Proposition 5.1 does not apply at p = 2 p=2 p = 2 : for n = 51 n=51 n = 51 Abramovich’s bound only gives gon C X 1 ( 51 ) > 11.42 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{C}} X_1(51)>11.42 gon C X 1 ( 51 ) > 11.42 , which does not show that the gonality is larger than 12, and for n = 63 , 65 n=63,65 n = 63 , 65 there are newforms of level dividing n n n with positive analytic rank, so we cannot use that J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) J_1(n)(\mathbb{Q}) J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) is finite. Neither does Proposition 4.2, which with ψ = ⟨ a ⟩ − 1 \psi=\langle a\rangle-1 ψ = ⟨ a ⟩ − 1 would need a lower bound larger than 24, while Abramovich’s bound only gives gon C X 1 ( n ) > 11.42 , 17.13 , 19.99 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{C}} X_1(n)>11.42,17.13,19.99 gon C X 1 ( n ) > 11.42 , 17.13 , 19.99 . We exclude the totally cuspidal reduction at 2 by a formal immersion argument.
The difficulty at p = 2 p=2 p = 2 is that reduction is in general not injective on the torsion of the Jacobian. The basic example is the group μ 2 = { ± 1 } \mu_2=\{\pm1\} μ 2 = { ± 1 } over Z 2 \mathbb{Z}_2 Z 2 : the point − 1 -1 − 1 has order 2, but it reduces to 1 modulo 2. The following lemma shows that a suitable Hecke operator kills such points.
Lemma 8.1. Let A A A be an abelian scheme over Z 2 \mathbb{Z}_2 Z 2 , and let T T T and δ \delta δ be endomorphisms of A A A such that T = F + δ V T = F + \delta V T = F + δ V on the special fibre A F 2 A_{\mathbb{F}_2} A F 2 , where F F F and V V V are the Frobenius and the Verschiebung of A F 2 A_{\mathbb{F}_2} A F 2 . If z ∈ A ( Q 2 ) z \in A(\mathbb{Q}_2) z ∈ A ( Q 2 ) satisfies 2 z = 0 2z = 0 2 z = 0 and reduces to 0 0 0 modulo 2 2 2 , then ( T − δ ) z = 0 (T-\delta)z = 0 ( T − δ ) z = 0 .
Proof. Choose coordinates X = ( X 1 , … , X g ) X = (X_1,\ldots,X_g) X = ( X 1 , … , X g ) of the formal group of A A A , that is, functions vanishing on the zero section whose differentials at the origin of A F 2 A_{\mathbb{F}_2} A F 2 form a basis of the cotangent space. Then the points of A ( Q 2 ) A(\mathbb{Q}_2) A ( Q 2 ) that reduce to 0 0 0 are the points with coordinates in 2 Z 2 2\mathbb{Z}_2 2 Z 2 (see the proof of Lemma′ ' ′ in [24 Appendix] ). Write
[ 2 ] ( X ) = 2 X + Q ( X ) + R ( X ) , [2](X) = 2X + Q(X) + R(X), [ 2 ] ( X ) = 2 X + Q ( X ) + R ( X ) ,
where the coordinates of Q Q Q are homogeneous of degree 2 2 2 and R R R has only terms of degree at least 3 3 3 , all with coefficients in Z 2 \mathbb{Z}_2 Z 2 . Let M M M be a matrix over Z 2 \mathbb{Z}_2 Z 2 whose reduction M ‾ \overline{M} M is the matrix of the linear part of V V V . As [ 2 ] = V ∘ F [2] = V \circ F [ 2 ] = V ∘ F on A F 2 A_{\mathbb{F}_2} A F 2 and F F F squares the coordinates, the reduction of Q Q Q is Q ‾ ( X ) = M ‾ ( X 1 2 , … , X g 2 ) t \overline{Q}(X) = \overline{M}(X_1^2,\ldots,X_g^2)^t Q ( X ) = M ( X 1 2 , … , X g 2 ) t .
Write the coordinates of z z z as 2 u 2u 2 u with u ∈ Z 2 g u \in\mathbb{Z}_2^g u ∈ Z 2 g . As 2 z = 0 2z = 0 2 z = 0 , we have
0 = [ 2 ] ( 2 u ) ≡ 4 u + 4 Q ( u ) ( m o d 8 ) , 0 = [2](2u) \equiv4u + 4Q(u) \pmod{8}, 0 = [ 2 ] ( 2 u ) ≡ 4 u + 4 Q ( u ) ( mod 8 ) ,
so u ‾ + M ‾ ( u ‾ 1 2 , … , u ‾ g 2 ) t = 0 \overline{u}+\overline{M}(\overline{u}_1^2,\ldots,\overline{u}_g^2)^t = 0 u + M ( u 1 2 , … , u g 2 ) t = 0 , and as a 2 = a a^2 = a a 2 = a for a ∈ F 2 a \in\mathbb{F}_2 a ∈ F 2 , we get ( M ‾ − 1 ) u ‾ = 0 (\overline{M}-1)\overline{u}=0 ( M − 1 ) u = 0 . Put α = T − δ \alpha= T-\delta α = T − δ . As the linear part of F F F is 0 0 0 , the linear part of α \alpha α on A F 2 A_{\mathbb{F}_2} A F 2 is N ‾ ( M ‾ − 1 ) \overline{N}(\overline{M}-1) N ( M − 1 ) , where N ‾ \overline{N} N is the linear part of δ \delta δ . Hence the linear term of α \alpha α at 2 u 2u 2 u is divisible by 4 4 4 , and so are all the other terms, so the coordinates of α z \alpha z α z lie in 4 Z 2 4\mathbb{Z}_2 4 Z 2 .
Finally, a non-zero point v v v with coordinates in 4 Z 2 4\mathbb{Z}_2 4 Z 2 is not killed by 2 2 2 . Indeed, if s ≥ 2 s \geq2 s ≥ 2 is the least valuation of a coordinate of v v v , then in such a coordinate the linear term of [ 2 ] ( v ) [2](v) [ 2 ] ( v ) has valuation s + 1 s+1 s + 1 , and all the other terms have valuation at least 2 s > s + 1 2s>s+1 2 s > s + 1 . As 2 α z = α ( 2 z ) = 0 2\alpha z=\alpha(2z)=0 2 α z = α ( 2 z ) = 0 , we get α z = 0 \alpha z=0 α z = 0 . □
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We apply this to quotients of X 1 ( n ) X_1(n) X 1 ( n ) . Let n n n be odd and let H ⊆ Δ ( n ) H \subseteq\Delta(n) H ⊆ Δ ( n ) be a subgroup that acts freely on the geometric points of X 1 ( n ) X_1(n) X 1 ( n ) in characteristic 0 0 0 and in characteristic 2 2 2 , cusps included. Then Y : = X 1 ( n ) / H Y := X_1(n)/H Y := X 1 ( n ) / H is a smooth curve over Z ( 2 ) \mathbb{Z}_{(2)} Z ( 2 ) with good reduction at 2 2 2 , the Hecke correspondence T 2 T_2 T 2 and the diamond operators descend to Y Y Y , and the Eichler–Shimura relation T 2 = F + ⟨ 2 ⟩ V T_2 = F+\langle2\rangle V T 2 = F + ⟨ 2 ⟩ V holds on J ( Y ) F 2 J(Y)_{\mathbb{F}_2} J ( Y ) F 2 . We write c 0 c_0 c 0 for the image of the standard cusp, and C C C for the Cartier operator on the differentials of Y F 2 Y_{\mathbb{F}_2} Y F 2 : if x x x is a separating variable, every differential can be written uniquely as ( f 2 + g 2 x ) d x (f^2+g^2x)\,dx ( f 2 + g 2 x ) d x with f , g f,g f , g rational functions on Y F 2 Y_{\mathbb{F}_2} Y F 2 , and C ( ( f 2 + g 2 x ) d x ) = g d x C((f^2+g^2x)\,dx)=g\,dx C (( f 2 + g 2 x ) d x ) = g d x . Equivalently, in terms of a local parameter t t t we have C ( ∑ n a n t n d t ) = ∑ n a 2 n + 1 1 / 2 t n d t C(\sum_n a_nt^n\,dt)=\sum_n a_{2n+1}^{1/2}t^n\,dt C ( ∑ n a n t n d t ) = ∑ n a 2 n + 1 1/2 t n d t . The operator C C C preserves H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) H^0(Y_{\mathbb{F}_2},\Omega^1) H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) and is F 2 \mathbb{F}_2 F 2 -linear on it, and at a cusp at which q q q is a local parameter it acts on q q q -expansions by ∑ n a n q n d q / q ↦ ∑ n a 2 n 1 / 2 q n d q / q \sum_n a_nq^n\,dq/q\mapsto\sum_n a_{2n}^{1/2}q^n\,dq/q ∑ n a n q n d q / q ↦ ∑ n a 2 n 1/2 q n d q / q . If all a n a_n a n lie in F 2 \mathbb{F}_2 F 2 , this is Atkin’s operator U 2 U_2 U 2 : ∑ n a n q n ↦ ∑ n a 2 n q n \sum_n a_nq^n\mapsto\sum_n a_{2n}q^n ∑ n a n q n ↦ ∑ n a 2 n q n applied to ∑ n a n q n \sum_n a_nq^n ∑ n a n q n .
Every endomorphism ψ \psi ψ of J ( Y ) J(Y) J ( Y ) extends to the Néron model of J ( Y ) J(Y) J ( Y ) over Z 2 \mathbb{Z}_2 Z 2 , which is an abelian scheme, and we write ψ ∗ \psi^* ψ ∗ for its action on the cotangent space H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) H^0(Y_{\mathbb{F}_2},\Omega^1) H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) of the special fibre. As the Frobenius pulls back differentials to 0 0 0 and the Verschiebung pulls back to C C C [38 ] , the Eichler–Shimura relation gives
( T 2 − ⟨ 2 ⟩ ) ∗ = ( C − 1 ) ⟨ 2 ⟩ ∗ on H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) . (3) (T_2-\langle2\rangle)^*=(C-1)\langle2\rangle^* \quad\text{on } H^0(Y_{\mathbb{F}_2},\Omega^1). \tag*{(3)} ( T 2 − ⟨ 2 ⟩ ) ∗ = ( C − 1 ) ⟨ 2 ⟩ ∗ on H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) . (3)
The following criterion combines three ingredients. The elements ψ i \psi_i ψ i , which have finite image on J ( Y ) ( Q ) J(Y)(\mathbb{Q}) J ( Y ) ( Q ) , turn the difference of a rational divisor and a cuspidal divisor with the same reduction into a torsion class. Lemma 8.1 shows that T 2 − ⟨ 2 ⟩ T_2-\langle2\rangle T 2 − ⟨ 2 ⟩ kills this torsion class. Finally, by (3), the image of the cotangent map at C ‾ \overline{C} C of the resulting morphism Y ( d ) → J ( Y ) r Y^{(d)} \to J(Y)^r Y ( d ) → J ( Y ) r is the restriction to C ‾ \overline{C} C of the space U U U below, so the condition on U U U says that this morphism is a formal immersion at C ‾ \overline{C} C . Since the target is a power of J ( Y ) J(Y) J ( Y ) itself rather than a quotient of it, this cotangent map can be computed on H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) H^0(Y_{\mathbb{F}_2}, \Omega^1) H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) .
Proposition 8.2. Let Y = X 1 ( n ) / H Y = X_1(n)/H Y = X 1 ( n ) / H be as above, let ψ 1 , … , ψ r ∈ Z [ Δ ( n ) / H ] \psi_1,\ldots,\psi_r \in\mathbb{Z}[\Delta(n)/H] ψ 1 , … , ψ r ∈ Z [ Δ ( n ) / H ] be such that each ψ i ( J ( Y ) ( Q ) ) \psi_i(J(Y)(\mathbb{Q})) ψ i ( J ( Y ) ( Q )) is finite, and put
U : = ( C − 1 ) ( ∑ i = 1 r ψ i ∗ H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) ) ⊆ H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) . U := (C-1)\left(\sum_{i=1}^{r}\psi_i^*H^0(Y_{\mathbb{F}_2},\Omega^1)\right) \subseteq H^0(Y_{\mathbb{F}_2},\Omega^1). U := ( C − 1 ) ( i = 1 ∑ r ψ i ∗ H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) ) ⊆ H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) . Let C ‾ \overline{C} C be an effective cuspidal divisor of degree d d d on Y F 2 Y_{\mathbb{F}_2} Y F 2 such that the restriction map U → H 0 ( C ‾ , Ω 1 ∣ C ‾ ) U \to H^0(\overline{C},\Omega^1|_{\overline{C}}) U → H 0 ( C , Ω 1 ∣ C ) is surjective. Then no effective Q \mathbb{Q} Q -rational divisor D D D of degree d d d on Y Y Y with non-cuspidal support reduces to C ‾ \overline{C} C modulo 2.
Proof. Suppose that D D D reduces to C ‾ \overline{C} C . The cuspidal subscheme of Y Y Y is finite étale at 2, so C ‾ \overline{C} C lifts uniquely to a cuspidal divisor C C C , which is fixed by a Frobenius element at 2, so it is defined over the decomposition field L ⊆ Q ( ζ n ) L \subseteq\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_n) L ⊆ Q ( ζ n ) of a prime λ \lambda λ above 2, which satisfies L λ = Q 2 L_\lambda= \mathbb{Q}_2 L λ = Q 2 . For each i i i the class ψ i [ D − C ] = ψ i [ D − d c 0 ] − ψ i [ C − d c 0 ] \psi_i[D-C] = \psi_i[D-dc_0]-\psi_i[C-dc_0] ψ i [ D − C ] = ψ i [ D − d c 0 ] − ψ i [ C − d c 0 ] is torsion, by the assumption on ψ i \psi_i ψ i and by Manin–Drinfeld, and it reduces to 0 modulo λ \lambda λ . By Parent’s result it is killed by 2, so by Lemma 8.1, applied to the Néron model of J ( Y ) J(Y) J ( Y ) over Z 2 \mathbb{Z}_2 Z 2 with T = T 2 T=T_2 T = T 2 and δ = ⟨ 2 ⟩ \delta=\langle2\rangle δ = ⟨ 2 ⟩ , we get ( T 2 − ⟨ 2 ⟩ ) ψ i [ D − C ] = 0 (T_2-\langle2\rangle)\psi_i[D-C]=0 ( T 2 − ⟨ 2 ⟩) ψ i [ D − C ] = 0 .
Consider the morphism f : Y ( d ) → J ( Y ) r f:Y^{(d)}\to J(Y)^r f : Y ( d ) → J ( Y ) r over Z 2 \mathbb{Z}_2 Z 2 given by f ( B ) = ( ( T 2 − ⟨ 2 ⟩ ) ψ i [ B − d c 0 ] ) i f(B)=((T_2-\langle2\rangle)\psi_i[B-dc_0])_i f ( B ) = (( T 2 − ⟨ 2 ⟩) ψ i [ B − d c 0 ] ) i . Then f ( D ) = f ( C ) f(D)=f(C) f ( D ) = f ( C ) , and D D D and C C C have the same reduction C ‾ \overline{C} C . By (3) , and since ⟨ 2 ⟩ ∗ \langle2\rangle^* ⟨ 2 ⟩ ∗ is invertible and commutes with C C C and with the ψ i ∗ \psi_i^* ψ i ∗ , the image of the cotangent map of f f f at C ‾ \overline{C} C is the restriction of U U U to C ‾ \overline{C} C , as the cotangent map of Y ( d ) → J ( Y ) Y^{(d)}\to J(Y) Y ( d ) → J ( Y ) , B ↦ [ B − d c 0 ] B\mapsto[B-dc_0] B ↦ [ B − d c 0 ] , at C ‾ \overline{C} C is the restriction map H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) → H 0 ( C ‾ , Ω 1 ∣ C ‾ ) H^0(Y_{\mathbb{F}_2},\Omega^1)\to H^0(\overline{C},\Omega^1|_{\overline{C}}) H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) → H 0 ( C , Ω 1 ∣ C ) . By assumption it is surjective, so f f f is a formal immersion at C ‾ \overline{C} C , and by [10 Lemma 4.2] (which is due to Parent [39 Lemme 4.13] ) f f f is injective on the residue class of C ‾ \overline{C} C . Hence D = C D=C D = C , which is a contradiction since D D D is non-cuspidal. □
As in § 5 , we check the surjectivity of the restriction maps by computing, for each closed cusp P P P of Y F 2 Y_{\mathbb{F}_2} Y F 2 and each j j j , the subspace Ω ( j P ) \Omega(jP) Ω ( j P ) of H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) H^0(Y_{\mathbb{F}_2},\Omega^1) H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) , and then, for each C ‾ \overline{C} C , the rank dim U − dim ( U ∩ Ω ( C ‾ ) ) \dim U-\dim(U\cap\Omega(\overline{C})) dim U − dim ( U ∩ Ω ( C )) of the restriction map on U U U , whose kernel is U ∩ Ω ( C ‾ ) U\cap\Omega(\overline{C}) U ∩ Ω ( C ) . Note that Proposition 8.2 uses the rank of J ( Y ) J(Y) J ( Y ) only through the operators ψ i \psi_i ψ i , and that we can take r = 1 r=1 r = 1 and ψ 1 = 1 \psi_1=1 ψ 1 = 1 when J ( Y ) ( Q ) J(Y)(\mathbb{Q}) J ( Y ) ( Q ) is finite.
Remark 8.3. The condition in Proposition 8.2 is the usual formal immersion criterion, written in terms of cotangent spaces. When C ‾ \overline{C} C is a sum of rational cusps it corresponds, by the duality between the Hecke algebra and q q q -expansions, to the linear independence of suitable Hecke operators modulo 2, as in the criterion of Kamienny [23 ] for X 0 ( p ) X_0(p) X 0 ( p ) and its generalization by Parent [40 Théorème 1.10 and Proposition 2.7] (see [10 Proposition 5.3] ), and when C ‾ \overline{C} C is a sum of distinct points it is [10 Lemma 8.3] . The usual way of dealing with the torsion in the kernel of reduction at 2 is Parent’s trick [10 Corollary 5.2] , which multiplies the Hecke operator by an operator at an odd prime q q q that kills all the rational torsion. This could also be used here, with A q A_q A q for an odd prime q q q that splits completely in the field L L L of the proof of Proposition 8.2, that is, with q q q congruent modulo n n n to a power of 2, by the argument of Proposition 2.1(2). We use T 2 − ⟨ 2 ⟩ T_2-\langle2\rangle T 2 − ⟨ 2 ⟩ instead for computational reasons. Its action on differentials modulo 2 is given by the Cartier operator, which is computed directly from a model of Y F 2 Y_{\mathbb{F}_2} Y F 2 , whereas A q A_q A q requires the Hecke correspondence T q T_q T q on Y Y Y for a prime q q q that need not be small (for n = 63 n=63 n = 63 the smallest such q q q is 67). Moreover, the condition of Proposition 8.2 is checked in the same way at every effective cuspidal divisor C ‾ \overline{C} C , including those supported on cusps that are not rational and those with multiplicities.
Lemma 8.4. Let Y 51 : = X 1 ( 51 ) / ⟨ 16 ⟩ Y_{51}:=X_1(51)/\langle16\rangle Y 51 := X 1 ( 51 ) / ⟨ 16 ⟩ and Y 63 : = X 1 ( 63 ) / ⟨ 8 ⟩ Y_{63}:=X_1(63)/\langle8\rangle Y 63 := X 1 ( 63 ) / ⟨ 8 ⟩ . The diamond operators ⟨ 16 ⟩ \langle16\rangle ⟨ 16 ⟩ and ⟨ 8 ⟩ \langle8\rangle ⟨ 8 ⟩ have order 2 and act freely on X 1 ( 51 ) X_1(51) X 1 ( 51 ) and X 1 ( 63 ) X_1(63) X 1 ( 63 ) , also in characteristic 2, so Y 51 Y_{51} Y 51 and Y 63 Y_{63} Y 63 have good reduction at 2 and have genus 33 and 49. The function field of Y 51 Y_{51} Y 51 is obtained by adjoining to the function field of X 1 ( 17 ) X_1(17) X 1 ( 17 ) a root of the 3-division polynomial of the universal elliptic curve, and that of Y 63 Y_{63} Y 63 by adjoining to the function field of X 1 ( 9 ) X_1(9) X 1 ( 9 ) a root of the 7-division polynomial of the universal elliptic curve.
Proof. Write ( r , s , a ) = ( 17 , 3 , 16 ) (r,s,a)=(17,3,16) ( r , s , a ) = ( 17 , 3 , 16 ) and ( 9 , 7 , 8 ) (9,7,8) ( 9 , 7 , 8 ) in the two cases, so that a ≡ − 1 ( m o d r ) a\equiv-1\pmod r a ≡ − 1 ( mod r ) and a ≡ 1 ( m o d s ) a\equiv1\pmod s a ≡ 1 ( mod s ) . A point of order r s rs r s corresponds to a pair of points ( P r , P s ) (P_r,P_s) ( P r , P s ) of orders r r r and s s s , and modulo the common sign, ⟨ a ⟩ \langle a\rangle ⟨ a ⟩ identifies ( P r , P s ) (P_r,P_s) ( P r , P s ) with ( P r , − P s ) (P_r,-P_s) ( P r , − P s ) . So Y Y Y parametrizes pairs ( E , P r ) (E,P_r) ( E , P r ) together with the x x x -coordinate of P s P_s P s , which gives the description of the function field. If ⟨ a ⟩ \langle a\rangle ⟨ a ⟩ fixed a non-cuspidal geometric point, there would be an automorphism u u u of an elliptic curve with u ( P ) = a P u(P)=aP u ( P ) = a P . As a 2 = 1 a^2=1 a 2 = 1 , the automorphism u 2 u^2 u 2 fixes P P P , which has order at least 5, so u 2 = 1 u^2=1 u 2 = 1 , as a non-trivial automorphism of an elliptic curve fixes no point of order at least 5. Hence u = ± 1 u=\pm1 u = ± 1 , which acts on P P P as ± 1 ≠ a \pm1\ne a ± 1 = a . By § 2 , a cusp fixed by ⟨ a ⟩ \langle a\rangle ⟨ a ⟩ would require a a a to be congruent to the same sign modulo every prime dividing n n n , while a ≡ − 1 ( m o d r ) a\equiv-1\pmod r a ≡ − 1 ( mod r ) and a ≡ 1 ( m o d s ) a\equiv1\pmod s a ≡ 1 ( mod s ) , so ⟨ a ⟩ \langle a\rangle ⟨ a ⟩ fixes no cusp. As the cuspidal subscheme is finite étale over Z [ ζ n , 1 n ] \mathbb{Z}[\zeta_n,\frac{1}{n}] Z [ ζ n , n 1 ] and n n n is odd, ⟨ a ⟩ \langle a\rangle ⟨ a ⟩ fixes no cusp in characteristic 2 either. Thus the quotient map is étale, also at 2, and the genera follow from Riemann–Hurwitz, as X 1 ( 51 ) X_1(51) X 1 ( 51 ) and X 1 ( 63 ) X_1(63) X 1 ( 63 ) have genus 65 and 97. □
Proposition 8.5. The groups Z / 51 Z \mathbb{Z}/51\mathbb{Z} Z /51 Z and Z / 63 Z \mathbb{Z}/63\mathbb{Z} Z /63 Z are not subgroups of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field.
Proof. Let n ∈ { 51 , 63 } n\in\{51,63\} n ∈ { 51 , 63 } and let E E E be an elliptic curve over a sextic field K K K with a point of order n n n . No elliptic curve over F 2 f \mathbb{F}_{2^f} F 2 f , f ≤ 6 f\le6 f ≤ 6 , has a point of order n n n , by the Hasse bound for f ≤ 5 f\le5 f ≤ 5 and because an elliptic curve over F 64 \mathbb{F}_{64} F 64 cannot have exactly 51 or 63 points. By Lemma 2.3 and Lemma 2.2 , E E E has multiplicative reduction at all primes above 2, so the trace divisor x ( 6 ) x^{(6)} x ( 6 ) reduces to an effective cuspidal divisor modulo 2, and so does its push-forward D D D to Y = X 1 ( n ) / H Y=X_1(n)/H Y = X 1 ( n ) / H , where H H H is the subgroup generated by ⟨ 16 ⟩ \langle16\rangle ⟨ 16 ⟩ for n = 51 n=51 n = 51 and by ⟨ 8 ⟩ \langle8\rangle ⟨ 8 ⟩ for n = 63 n=63 n = 63 . By Lemma 8.4 , H H H acts freely on X 1 ( n ) X_1(n) X 1 ( n ) , also in characteristic 2, so Y Y Y satisfies the assumptions of Proposition 8.2 . The divisor D D D is an effective Q \mathbb{Q} Q -rational divisor of degree 6 with non-cuspidal support.
The Jacobian J ( Y ) J(Y) J ( Y ) is isogenous to the part of J 1 ( n ) J_1(n) J 1 ( n ) on which H H H acts trivially, whose isogeny factors correspond to the newforms of level dividing n n n whose characters are trivial on H H H . For n = 51 n=51 n = 51 we have rk J 1 ( 51 ) ( Q ) = 0 \operatorname{rk} J_1(51)(\mathbb{Q})=0 rk J 1 ( 51 ) ( Q ) = 0 by [7 Theorem 3.1(2)] . For n = 63 n=63 n = 63 the only newform of level dividing 63 with positive analytic rank is 63.2.3. a 63.2.3.a 63.2.3. a , whose character χ \chi χ satisfies χ ( 8 ) = − 1 \chi(8)=-1 χ ( 8 ) = − 1 , as we check, so it does not contribute to J ( Y 63 ) J(Y_{63}) J ( Y 63 ) . Hence in both cases J ( Y ) ( Q ) J(Y)(\mathbb{Q}) J ( Y ) ( Q ) is finite, and we apply Proposition 8.2 with r = 1 r=1 r = 1 and ψ 1 = 1 \psi_1=1 ψ 1 = 1 .
For Y 51 Y_{51} Y 51 we compute that U = ( C − 1 ) H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) U=(C-1)H^0(Y_{\mathbb{F}_2},\Omega^1) U = ( C − 1 ) H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) has dimension 30, that the closed cusps of Y F 2 Y_{\mathbb{F}_2} Y F 2 have degrees 1 16 , 4 4 1^{16},4^4 1 16 , 4 4 , so there are ( 21 6 ) + 4 ( 17 2 ) = 54808 \binom{21}{6}+4\binom{17}{2}=54808 ( 6 21 ) + 4 ( 2 17 ) = 54808 effective cuspidal divisors of degree 6, and that the restriction of U U U to each of them has rank 6. For Y 63 Y_{63} Y 63 we compute that the closed cusps have degrees 1 9 , 2 3 , 3 9 , 6 1^9,2^3,3^9,6 1 9 , 2 3 , 3 9 , 6 , giving 6542 effective cuspidal divisors of degree 6, that U U U has dimension 45, and that the restriction of U U U to each of the 6542 divisors has rank 6. By Proposition 8.2 no reduction of D D D is possible, which is a contradiction. □
The groups Z / 57 Z \mathbb{Z}/57\mathbb{Z} Z /57 Z and Z / 65 Z \mathbb{Z}/65\mathbb{Z} Z /65 Z
For n = 57 n=57 n = 57 and n = 65 n=65 n = 65 the Jacobian J 1 ( n ) J_1(n) J 1 ( n ) has positive rank, and over F 64 \mathbb{F}_{64} F 64 there are elliptic curves with a point of order n n n , namely supersingular curves with 57 and 65 points. We first show that the corresponding reduction cannot occur.
Proposition 9.1. Let n ∈ { 57 , 65 } n\in\{57,65\} n ∈ { 57 , 65 } , and let E E E be an elliptic curve over a sextic field K K K with a point of order n n n . Then E E E has bad reduction at every prime of K K K above 2.
Proof. There are no points of order n n n over number fields of degree at most 3 [7 ] , so the point x ∈ Y 1 ( n ) ( K ) x\in Y_1(n)(K) x ∈ Y 1 ( n ) ( K ) has degree 6 and its trace divisor D D D is a closed point of degree 6. Suppose that E E E has good reduction at a prime ℘ \wp ℘ of K K K above 2. By the Hasse bound F ℘ = F 64 \mathbb{F}_{\wp}=\mathbb{F}_{64} F ℘ = F 64 , so ℘ \wp ℘ is the only prime of K K K above 2, and it is unramified. The reduction E ~ \widetilde{E} E has a point of order n n n over F 64 \mathbb{F}_{64} F 64 , so # E ~ ( F 64 ) = n \#\widetilde{E}(\mathbb{F}_{64})=n # E ( F 64 ) = n , and the trace of Frobenius is 8 or 0. Thus E ~ \widetilde{E} E is supersingular and j ( E ~ ) = 0 j(\widetilde{E})=0 j ( E ) = 0 . As E ~ \widetilde{E} E is supersingular, [ 2 ] [2] [ 2 ] is purely inseparable [41 Theorem V.3.1] , so [ 8 ] [8] [ 8 ] and the Frobenius endomorphism π \pi π of E ~ \widetilde{E} E are purely inseparable isogenies of degree 64. By [41 Corollary II.2.12] both are the 64-th power Frobenius morphism followed by an isomorphism, so π = ζ ∘ [ 8 ] \pi=\zeta\circ[8] π = ζ ∘ [ 8 ] for an automorphism ζ \zeta ζ of E ~ \widetilde{E} E . As π \pi π acts trivially on E ~ ( F 64 ) \widetilde{E}(\mathbb{F}_{64}) E ( F 64 ) , which has odd order n n n , the automorphism ζ \zeta ζ acts on it as multiplication by 8 − 1 8^{-1} 8 − 1 . In particular ζ \zeta ζ maps 8 P ~ 8\widetilde{P} 8 P to P ~ \widetilde{P} P , where P ~ \widetilde{P} P is the reduction of the point of order n n n , so ( E ~ , 8 P ~ ) ≃ ( E ~ , P ~ ) (\widetilde{E},8\widetilde{P})\simeq(\widetilde{E},\widetilde{P}) ( E , 8 P ) ≃ ( E , P ) and ⟨ 8 ⟩ \langle8\rangle ⟨ 8 ⟩ fixes the reduction of x x x . As ⟨ 8 ⟩ \langle8\rangle ⟨ 8 ⟩ is defined over Q \mathbb{Q} Q , it also fixes the conjugates of this point, so the reduction of D D D is fixed by ⟨ 8 ⟩ \langle8\rangle ⟨ 8 ⟩ . We check this also by an explicit enumeration.
The only newforms of level dividing n n n with positive analytic rank are 57.2.a.a and 65.2.a.a, which have trivial character, so ( ⟨ 8 ⟩ − 1 ) J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) (\langle8\rangle-1)J_1(n)(\mathbb{Q}) (⟨ 8 ⟩ − 1 ) J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) is finite. The class of the degree 0 divisor ( ⟨ 8 ⟩ − 1 ) D (\langle8\rangle-1)D (⟨ 8 ⟩ − 1 ) D is
[ ( ⟨ 8 ⟩ − 1 ) D ] = ( ⟨ 8 ⟩ − 1 ) [ D − 6 c 0 ] + 6 [ ⟨ 8 ⟩ c 0 − c 0 ] , [(\langle8\rangle-1)D]=(\langle8\rangle-1)[D-6c_0]+6[\langle8\rangle c_0-c_0], [(⟨ 8 ⟩ − 1 ) D ] = (⟨ 8 ⟩ − 1 ) [ D − 6 c 0 ] + 6 [⟨ 8 ⟩ c 0 − c 0 ] ,
which is torsion, as the first summand lies in ( ⟨ 8 ⟩ − 1 ) J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) (\langle8\rangle-1)J_1(n)(\mathbb{Q}) (⟨ 8 ⟩ − 1 ) J 1 ( n ) ( Q ) and the second is torsion by Manin–Drinfeld. It reduces to 0 modulo ℘ \wp ℘ , as ( ⟨ 8 ⟩ − 1 ) (\langle8\rangle-1) (⟨ 8 ⟩ − 1 ) kills the reduction of D D D . By Parent’s result 2 ( ⟨ 8 ⟩ − 1 ) D = div ( f ) 2(\langle8\rangle-1)D=\operatorname{div}(f) 2 (⟨ 8 ⟩ − 1 ) D = div ( f ) for some f ∈ Q ( X 1 ( n ) ) f\in\mathbb{Q}(X_1(n)) f ∈ Q ( X 1 ( n )) , of degree at most 12, while Abramovich’s bound gives gon C X 1 ( n ) > 14.28 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{C}}X_1(n)>14.28 gon C X 1 ( n ) > 14.28 and 19.99 19.99 19.99 , respectively. Hence f f f is constant and ⟨ 8 ⟩ D = D \langle8\rangle D=D ⟨ 8 ⟩ D = D . The least degree of a CM point on X 1 ( n ) X_1(n) X 1 ( n ) is 12, respectively 24, so the support of D D D is non-CM and, by Lemma 2.4 , ⟨ 8 ⟩ \langle8\rangle ⟨ 8 ⟩ acts freely on its geometric points.
For n = 57 n=57 n = 57 the operator ⟨ 8 ⟩ \langle8\rangle ⟨ 8 ⟩ has order 3 in Δ ( 57 ) \Delta(57) Δ ( 57 ) , so the image of x x x on X 1 ( 57 ) / ⟨ 8 ⟩ X_1(57)/\langle8\rangle X 1 ( 57 ) / ⟨ 8 ⟩ has degree 2, and the image of x x x on X 0 ( 57 ) X_0(57) X 0 ( 57 ) has degree 1 or 2. The curve X 0 ( 57 ) X_0(57) X 0 ( 57 ) has no rational non-cuspidal points, and its quadratic points were determined by Box [Box21, §4.4]. The non-CM ones are defined over Q ( − 23 ) \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-23}) Q ( − 23 ) or Q ( 13 ) \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{13}) Q ( 13 ) , and the corresponding quadratic field is contained in K K K . The prime 2 splits in Q ( − 23 ) \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-23}) Q ( − 23 ) , which contradicts the uniqueness of the prime of K K K above 2. The two j j j -invariants over Q ( 13 ) \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{13}) Q ( 13 ) are
3387888351672962316333 13 − 12215205167504087643323 2 and − 17787 13 − 61763 2 , \begin{aligned}
&\frac{3387888351672962316333\sqrt{13}-12215205167504087643323}{2}
\quad\text{and}\quad
\frac{-17787\sqrt{13}-61763}{2},
\end{aligned} 2 3387888351672962316333 13 − 12215205167504087643323 and 2 − 17787 13 − 61763 ,
and writing them in the basis 1 , t 1,t 1 , t of the ring of integers, with t = ( 1 + 13 ) / 2 t=(1+\sqrt{13})/2 t = ( 1 + 13 ) /2 , they are congruent to t t t modulo the prime above 2, which is inert. As t 2 + t + 1 ≡ 0 t^2+t+1\equiv0 t 2 + t + 1 ≡ 0 modulo this prime, these j j j -invariants are non-zero modulo 2, contradicting j ( E ~ ) = 0 j(\widetilde{E})=0 j ( E ) = 0 .
For n = 65 n = 65 n = 65 the operator ⟨ 8 ⟩ \langle8\rangle ⟨ 8 ⟩ has order 2, so the image of x x x on X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 8 ⟩ X_1(65)/\langle8\rangle X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 8 ⟩ has degree 3 and its image on X 0 ( 65 ) X_0(65) X 0 ( 65 ) has degree 1 or 3. Again X 0 ( 65 ) X_0(65) X 0 ( 65 ) has no rational non-cuspidal points, and by [3 Theorem 1.1 and §5.2.4] all its cubic points are defined over the field Q ( α ) \mathbb{Q}(\alpha) Q ( α ) with α 3 − α 2 + α − 2 = 0 \alpha^3-\alpha^2+\alpha-2=0 α 3 − α 2 + α − 2 = 0 . This field would be contained in K K K , but it has discriminant − 83 -83 − 83 and the defining polynomial factors modulo 2 as T ( T 2 + T + 1 ) T(T^2+T+1) T ( T 2 + T + 1 ) , so 2 has two primes above it in Q ( α ) \mathbb{Q}(\alpha) Q ( α ) , which is a contradiction. □
Lemma 9.2. The diamond operator ⟨ 2 ⟩ \langle2\rangle ⟨ 2 ⟩ acts trivially on J 1 ( 57 ) ( Q ) [ 2 ] J_1(57)(\mathbb{Q})[2] J 1 ( 57 ) ( Q ) [ 2 ] .
Proof. Let J = J 1 ( 57 ) J=J_1(57) J = J 1 ( 57 ) . By the Eichler–Shimura relation at 5 and the injectivity of reduction modulo 5 on J ( Q ) [ 2 ] J(\mathbb{Q})[2] J ( Q ) [ 2 ] , the group J ( Q ) [ 2 ] J(\mathbb{Q})[2] J ( Q ) [ 2 ] is contained in the kernel of A 5 = T 5 − 5 ⟨ 5 ⟩ − 1 A_5=T_5-5\langle5\rangle-1 A 5 = T 5 − 5 ⟨ 5 ⟩ − 1 on J [ 2 ] J[2] J [ 2 ] . We compute the action of the Hecke operators on H 1 ( J ( C ) , Z ) / 2 H 1 ( J ( C ) , Z ) ≃ J [ 2 ] H_1(J(\mathbb{C}),\mathbb{Z})/2H_1(J(\mathbb{C}),\mathbb{Z})\simeq J[2] H 1 ( J ( C ) , Z ) /2 H 1 ( J ( C ) , Z ) ≃ J [ 2 ] , a space of dimension 170 over F 2 \mathbb{F}_2 F 2 , and find that the kernel of A 5 A_5 A 5 has dimension 2 and that ⟨ 2 ⟩ − 1 \langle2\rangle-1 ⟨ 2 ⟩ − 1 vanishes on it. Here we obtain the diamond operators over Z \mathbb{Z} Z from the relation q ⟨ q ⟩ = T q 2 − T q 2 q\langle q\rangle=T_q^2-T_{q^2} q ⟨ q ⟩ = T q 2 − T q 2 , with q = 2 q=2 q = 2 and q = 5 q=5 q = 5 . □
Proposition 9.3. The group Z / 57 Z \mathbb{Z}/57\mathbb{Z} Z /57 Z is not a subgroup of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field.
Proof. Let E E E be an elliptic curve over a sextic field K K K with a point of order 57, and let D D D be the trace divisor. By Proposition 9.1 and Lemma 2.2 the reduction of D D D modulo 2 is cuspidal. The Galois orbits of cusps of X 1 ( 57 ) X_1(57) X 1 ( 57 ) over Q \mathbb{Q} Q have degrees 1 1 1 , 2 9 2^9 2 9 , 18 2 18^2 1 8 2 , the orbits of degree 2 are defined over Q ( ζ 3 ) \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_3) Q ( ζ 3 ) , in which 2 is inert, and the orbits of degree 18 have residue degrees 9 or 18 modulo 2. It follows that the reduction of D D D lifts to a Q \mathbb{Q} Q -rational cuspidal divisor C C C of degree 6.
Let g = ⟨ 2 ⟩ g=\langle2\rangle g = ⟨ 2 ⟩ and y = ( g − 1 ) [ D − C ] y=(g-1)[D-C] y = ( g − 1 ) [ D − C ] . As in the proof of Proposition 9.1 , ( g − 1 ) J 1 ( 57 ) ( Q ) (g-1)J_1(57)(\mathbb{Q}) ( g − 1 ) J 1 ( 57 ) ( Q ) is finite, so y y y is a rational torsion class with trivial reduction modulo 2, and 2 y = 0 2y=0 2 y = 0 by Parent’s result. By Lemma 9.2 we have g y = y gy=y g y = y . As g g g has order 9 in Δ ( 57 ) \Delta(57) Δ ( 57 ) ,
0 = ( g 9 − 1 ) [ D − C ] = ( 1 + g + ⋯ + g 8 ) y = 9 y = y . 0=(g^9-1)[D-C]=(1+g+\cdots+g^8)y=9y=y. 0 = ( g 9 − 1 ) [ D − C ] = ( 1 + g + ⋯ + g 8 ) y = 9 y = y . So ( g − 1 ) ( D − C ) (g-1)(D-C) ( g − 1 ) ( D − C ) is principal, and since its polar divisor has degree at most 12 and gon C X 1 ( 57 ) > 14.28 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{C}} X_1(57)>14.28 gon C X 1 ( 57 ) > 14.28 , it is 0. Hence g D = D gD=D g D = D , and as the support of D D D is non-CM, Lemma 2.4 gives 9 ∣ deg D = 6 9\mid\deg D=6 9 ∣ deg D = 6 , which is a contradiction. □
For n = 65 n=65 n = 65 we use Proposition 8.2 on the quotient Y = X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 ⟩ Y=X_1(65)/\langle4\rangle Y = X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 ⟩ . We need an explicit model of Y Y Y over F 2 \mathbb{F}_2 F 2 . The quotient of Y Y Y by ⟨ 51 ⟩ \langle51\rangle ⟨ 51 ⟩ is the normalization of the fibre product of X 1 ( 5 ) X_1(5) X 1 ( 5 ) and X 1 ( 13 ) / ⟨ 3 ⟩ X_1(13)/\langle3\rangle X 1 ( 13 ) / ⟨ 3 ⟩ over the j j j -line. This fibre product only remembers that the two universal elliptic curves have the same j j j -invariant, and forgets the relative sign, that is, the isomorphism between them, which Y Y Y restores. Over F 2 \mathbb{F}_2 F 2 quadratic twists are given by Artin–Schreier extensions, so Y Y Y is an Artin–Schreier double cover of the fibre product, which we now make explicit. We use the coordinate t t t on X 1 ( 5 ) X_1(5) X 1 ( 5 ) for which the universal curve in Tate normal form has b = c = t b=c=t b = c = t , and a coordinate z z z on the genus 0 curve X 1 ( 13 ) / ⟨ 3 ⟩ X_1(13)/\langle3\rangle X 1 ( 13 ) / ⟨ 3 ⟩ . Over F 2 \mathbb{F}_2 F 2 the j j j -maps are
j 5 ( t ) = t 12 + t 8 + t 4 + 1 t 7 + t 6 + t 5 , j 13 ( z ) = z 16 + z 4 + 1 z 28 + z 25 + z 24 + z 21 + z 20 + z 17 + z 16 + z 13 . j_5(t)=\frac{t^{12}+t^8+t^4+1}{t^7+t^6+t^5},\qquad j_{13}(z)=\frac{z^{16}+z^4+1}{z^{28}+z^{25}+z^{24}+z^{21}+z^{20}+z^{17}+z^{16}+z^{13}}. j 5 ( t ) = t 7 + t 6 + t 5 t 12 + t 8 + t 4 + 1 , j 13 ( z ) = z 28 + z 25 + z 24 + z 21 + z 20 + z 17 + z 16 + z 13 z 16 + z 4 + 1 .
Over a field of characteristic 2, an ordinary elliptic curve with j j j -invariant j ≠ 0 j\ne0 j = 0 is isomorphic to y 2 + x y = x 3 + a x 2 + j − 1 y^2+xy=x^3+ax^2+j^{-1} y 2 + x y = x 3 + a x 2 + j − 1 for some a a a , which is determined up to adding an element of the form w 2 + w w^2+w w 2 + w . For the universal curve over X 1 ( 5 ) X_1(5) X 1 ( 5 ) we have a 5 = t 2 / ( t + 1 ) 3 a_5=t^2/(t+1)^3 a 5 = t 2 / ( t + 1 ) 3 , and taking the trace of the corresponding invariant of the universal curve over $X_1(13) under the diamond operators ⟨ 3 ⟩ \langle3\rangle ⟨ 3 ⟩ gives a 13 = ( z 7 + z 6 + z 2 + z ) / ( z 4 + z + 1 ) a_{13} = (z^{7} + z^{6} + z^{2} + z)/(z^{4} + z + 1) a 13 = ( z 7 + z 6 + z 2 + z ) / ( z 4 + z + 1 ) . We compute the coordinate z z z , the map j 13 j_{13} j 13 and a 13 a_{13} a 13 from a model of X 1 ( 13 ) X_{1}(13) X 1 ( 13 ) over F 2 \mathbb{F}_{2} F 2 .
Lemma 9.4. Let Y = X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 ⟩ Y = X_{1}(65)/\langle4\rangle Y = X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 ⟩ . The diamond operator ⟨ 4 ⟩ \langle4\rangle ⟨ 4 ⟩ has order 3 and acts freely on X 1 ( 65 ) X_{1}(65) X 1 ( 65 ) , also in characteristic 2, so Y Y Y has good reduction at 2 and genus 41. The function field of Y F 2 Y_{\mathbb{F}_{2}} Y F 2 is generated by t t t , z z z and w w w with
j 5 ( t ) = j 13 ( z ) , w 2 + w = a 5 + a 13 , j_{5}(t) = j_{13}(z), \qquad w^{2} + w = a_{5} + a_{13}, j 5 ( t ) = j 13 ( z ) , w 2 + w = a 5 + a 13 , and the residual diamond group Δ ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 ⟩ \Delta(65)/\langle4\rangle Δ ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 ⟩ , of order 8, is generated by the automorphisms
τ T ( t , z , w ) = ( 1 t , z , w + t t + 1 ) , τ U ( t , z , w ) = ( t , z + 1 , w + z ) , \tau_{T}(t,z,w) = \left(\frac{1}{t},z,w+\frac{t}{t+1}\right), \qquad\tau_{U}(t,z,w) = (t,z+1,w+z), τ T ( t , z , w ) = ( t 1 , z , w + t + 1 t ) , τ U ( t , z , w ) = ( t , z + 1 , w + z ) , which have order 4 and commute. More precisely, τ T \tau_{T} τ T is the reduction of ⟨ 3 ⟩ \langle3\rangle ⟨ 3 ⟩ or of ⟨ 3 ⋅ 51 ⟩ \langle3\cdot51\rangle ⟨ 3 ⋅ 51 ⟩ , τ U \tau_{U} τ U is the reduction of ⟨ 6 ⟩ \langle6\rangle ⟨ 6 ⟩ or of ⟨ 6 ⋅ 51 ⟩ \langle6\cdot51\rangle ⟨ 6 ⋅ 51 ⟩ , and τ T 2 = τ U 2 \tau_{T}^{2}=\tau_{U}^{2} τ T 2 = τ U 2 is the reduction of ⟨ 51 ⟩ \langle51\rangle ⟨ 51 ⟩ , which acts by ( t , z , w ) ↦ ( t , z , w + 1 ) (t,z,w)\mapsto(t,z,w+1) ( t , z , w ) ↦ ( t , z , w + 1 ) .
Proof. The element − 4 ≡ 61 ( m o d 65 ) -4 \equiv61 \pmod{65} − 4 ≡ 61 ( mod 65 ) has order 3, and it is ≡ 1 ( m o d 5 ) \equiv1 \pmod{5} ≡ 1 ( mod 5 ) . A geometric point fixed by ⟨ 4 ⟩ \langle4\rangle ⟨ 4 ⟩ would give an automorphism u ≠ ± 1 u \ne\pm1 u = ± 1 of an elliptic curve with u 3 = 1 u^{3}=1 u 3 = 1 fixing a point P 5 P_{5} P 5 of order 5, and then 3 P 5 = ( u 2 + u + 1 ) P 5 = 0 3P_{5}=(u^{2}+u+1)P_{5}=0 3 P 5 = ( u 2 + u + 1 ) P 5 = 0 , which is impossible. As 61 ≠ ± 1 ( m o d 13 ) 61 \ne\pm1 \pmod{13} 61 = ± 1 ( mod 13 ) , it follows from § 2 as in Lemma 8.4 that no cusp is fixed either, also in characteristic 2, so the quotient map is étale and Riemann–Hurwitz gives 2 g ( Y ) − 2 = ( 2 ⋅ 121 − 2 ) / 3 2g(Y)-2=(2\cdot121-2)/3 2 g ( Y ) − 2 = ( 2 ⋅ 121 − 2 ) /3 , so g ( Y ) = 41 g(Y)=41 g ( Y ) = 41 . The quotient X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 , 51 ⟩ X_{1}(65)/\langle4,51\rangle X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 , 51 ⟩ , where 51 ≡ 1 ( m o d 5 ) 51\equiv1\pmod{5} 51 ≡ 1 ( mod 5 ) and 51 ≡ − 1 ( m o d 13 ) 51\equiv-1\pmod{13} 51 ≡ − 1 ( mod 13 ) , is the normalization of the fibre product of X 1 ( 5 ) X_{1}(5) X 1 ( 5 ) and X 1 ( 13 ) / ⟨ 3 ⟩ X_{1}(13)/\langle3\rangle X 1 ( 13 ) / ⟨ 3 ⟩ over the j j j -line, as it parametrizes elliptic curves with a point of order 5 up to sign and a ⟨ 3 ⟩ \langle3\rangle ⟨ 3 ⟩ -orbit of points of order 13 up to sign. The double cover Y Y Y of it recovers the relative sign, which is the choice of an isomorphism between the two universal curves, and over F 2 \mathbb{F}_{2} F 2 the isomorphisms between y 2 + x y = x 3 + a 5 x 2 + j − 1 y^{2}+xy=x^{3}+a_{5}x^{2}+j^{-1} y 2 + x y = x 3 + a 5 x 2 + j − 1 and y 2 + x y = x 3 + a 13 x 2 + j − 1 y^{2}+xy=x^{3}+a_{13}x^{2}+j^{-1} y 2 + x y = x 3 + a 13 x 2 + j − 1 correspond to the solutions of w 2 + w = a 5 + a 13 w^{2}+w=a_{5}+a_{13} w 2 + w = a 5 + a 13 . The formulas for τ T \tau_{T} τ T and τ U \tau_{U} τ U follow from the identities a 5 ( t − 1 ) + a 5 ( t ) = ( t / ( t + 1 ) ) 2 + t / ( t + 1 ) a_{5}(t^{-1})+a_{5}(t)=(t/(t+1))^{2}+t/(t+1) a 5 ( t − 1 ) + a 5 ( t ) = ( t / ( t + 1 ) ) 2 + t / ( t + 1 ) and a 13 ( z + 1 ) + a 13 ( z ) = z 2 + z a_{13}(z+1)+a_{13}(z)=z^{2}+z a 13 ( z + 1 ) + a 13 ( z ) = z 2 + z .
We verify that the fibre product is irreducible, that Y Y Y has genus 41 and that τ T \tau_{T} τ T and τ U \tau_{U} τ U are automorphisms of order 4 that commute.
It remains to identify τ T \tau_{T} τ T and τ U \tau_{U} τ U with diamond operators. The maps from X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 , 51 ⟩ X_{1}(65)/\langle4,51\rangle X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 , 51 ⟩ to X 1 ( 5 ) X_{1}(5) X 1 ( 5 ) and to X 1 ( 13 ) / ⟨ 3 ⟩ X_{1}(13)/\langle3\rangle X 1 ( 13 ) / ⟨ 3 ⟩ commute with the diamond operators, so ⟨ a ⟩ \langle a\rangle ⟨ a ⟩ acts on t t t through a m o d 5 a\bmod5 a mod 5 and on z z z through a m o d 13 a\bmod13 a mod 13 . On X 1 ( 5 ) X_{1}(5) X 1 ( 5 ) the operators ⟨ 2 ⟩ = ⟨ 3 ⟩ \langle2\rangle=\langle3\rangle ⟨ 2 ⟩ = ⟨ 3 ⟩ act by t ↦ − 1 / t t\mapsto-1/t t ↦ − 1/ t , hence by t ↦ 1 / t t\mapsto1/t t ↦ 1/ t over F 2 \mathbb{F}_{2} F 2 , as we compute, and on X 1 ( 13 ) / ⟨ 3 ⟩ X_{1}(13)/\langle3\rangle X 1 ( 13 ) / ⟨ 3 ⟩ over F 2 \mathbb{F}_{2} F 2 the operator ⟨ 2 ⟩ \langle2\rangle ⟨ 2 ⟩ acts by z ↦ z + 1 z\mapsto z+1 z ↦ z + 1 , as we compute from the moduli interpretation. As 3 ≡ − 2 ( m o d 5 ) 3\equiv-2\pmod{5} 3 ≡ − 2 ( mod 5 ) and ⟨ 3 ⟩ \langle3\rangle ⟨ 3 ⟩ acts trivially on X 1 ( 13 ) / ⟨ 3 ⟩ X_{1}(13)/\langle3\rangle X 1 ( 13 ) / ⟨ 3 ⟩ , while 6 ≡ 1 ( m o d 5 ) 6\equiv1\pmod{5} 6 ≡ 1 ( mod 5 ) and ⟨ 6 ⟩ = ⟨ 2 ⟩ ⟨ 3 ⟩ \langle6\rangle=\langle2\rangle\langle3\rangle ⟨ 6 ⟩ = ⟨ 2 ⟩ ⟨ 3 ⟩ on X 1 ( 13 ) X_{1}(13) X 1 ( 13 ) , the operators ⟨ 3 ⟩ \langle3\rangle ⟨ 3 ⟩ and ⟨ 6 ⟩ \langle6\rangle ⟨ 6 ⟩ act on X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 , 51 ⟩ X_{1}(65)/\langle4,51\rangle X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 , 51 ⟩ by ( t , z ) ↦ ( 1 / t , z ) (t,z)\mapsto(1/t,z) ( t , z ) ↦ ( 1/ t , z ) and ( t , z ) ↦ ( t , z + 1 ) (t,z)\mapsto(t,z+1) ( t , z ) ↦ ( t , z + 1 ) . Two automorphisms of Y Y Y over the same automorphism of X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 , 51 ⟩ X_{1}(65)/\langle4,51\rangle X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 , 51 ⟩ differ by an automorphism of Y Y Y over X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 , 51 ⟩ X_{1}(65)/\langle4,51\rangle X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 , 51 ⟩ , that is, by 1 or by ⟨ 51 ⟩ \langle51\rangle ⟨ 51 ⟩ , which acts by w ↦ w + 1 w\mapsto w+1 w ↦ w + 1 . Hence τ T \tau_{T} τ T is ⟨ 3 ⟩ \langle3\rangle ⟨ 3 ⟩ or ⟨ 3 ⟩ ⟨ 51 ⟩ \langle3\rangle\langle51\rangle ⟨ 3 ⟩ ⟨ 51 ⟩ , and τ U \tau_{U} τ U is ⟨ 6 ⟩ \langle6\rangle ⟨ 6 ⟩ or ⟨ 6 ⟩ ⟨ 51 ⟩ \langle6\rangle\langle51\rangle ⟨ 6 ⟩ ⟨ 51 ⟩ . Finally, τ T 2 = τ U 2 = ( t , z , w ) ↦ ( t , z , w + 1 ) \tau_{T}^{2}=\tau_{U}^{2}=(t,z,w)\mapsto(t,z,w+1) τ T 2 = τ U 2 = ( t , z , w ) ↦ ( t , z , w + 1 ) , and the group generated by τ T \tau_{T} τ T and τ U \tau_{U} τ U has order 8, so it is the whole residual diamond group. □ \square □
Proposition 9.5. The group Z / 65 Z \mathbb{Z}/65\mathbb{Z} Z /65 Z is not a subgroup of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field.
Proof. Let E E E be an elliptic curve over a sextic field K K K with a point of order 65, and let D D D be the push-forward to Y = X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 ⟩ Y=X_{1}(65)/\langle4\rangle Y = X 1 ( 65 ) / ⟨ 4 ⟩ of the trace divisor. By Proposition 9.1 and Lemma 2.2 , D D D reduces to an effective cuspidal divisor C ‾ \overline{C} C of degree 6 on Y F 2 Y_{\mathbb{F}_{2}} Y F 2 . The closed cusps of Y F 2 Y_{\mathbb{F}_{2}} Y F 2 have degrees 1 8 1^{8} 1 8 , 2 4 2^{4} 2 4 , 4 4 4^{4} 4 4 , so there are 3576 effective cuspidal divisors of degree 6. The only newform of level dividing 65 with positive analytic rank has trivial character, so ψ 1 = τ T − 1 \psi_1=\tau_T-1 ψ 1 = τ T − 1 and ψ 2 = τ U − 1 \psi_2=\tau_U-1 ψ 2 = τ U − 1 have finite image on J ( Y ) ( Q ) J(Y)(\mathbb{Q}) J ( Y ) ( Q ) , where by Lemma 9.4 we view τ T \tau_T τ T and τ U \tau_U τ U as the diamond operators of Y Y Y that they are the reductions of. We compute, from the equations of Lemma 9.4 , that ψ 1 ∗ H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) + ψ 2 ∗ H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) \psi_1^*H^0(Y_{\mathbb{F}_2},\Omega^1)+\psi_2^*H^0(Y_{\mathbb{F}_2},\Omega^1) ψ 1 ∗ H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) + ψ 2 ∗ H 0 ( Y F 2 , Ω 1 ) has dimension 35, that its image U U U under C − 1 C-1 C − 1 has dimension 28, and that the restriction of U U U to each of the 3576 divisors has rank 6. By Proposition 8.2 no such C ‾ \overline{C} C is the reduction of D D D , which is a contradiction. □
The sporadic groups and the proof of the main theorem
We now describe the four sporadic groups. Recall that for b , c b,c b , c in a field, the curve
E ( b , c ) : y 2 + ( 1 − c ) x y − b y = x 3 − b x 2 (4) E(b,c):\quad y^2+(1-c)xy-by=x^3-bx^2 \tag*{(4)} E ( b , c ) : y 2 + ( 1 − c ) x y − b y = x 3 − b x 2 (4)
in Tate normal form has the point ( 0 , 0 ) (0,0) ( 0 , 0 ) , and that the curve
E ′ ( b , c ) : y 2 = x 3 + c x 2 + ( 1 − b − c ) b x (5) E'(b,c):\quad y^2=x^3+cx^2+(1-b-c)bx \tag*{(5)} E ′ ( b , c ) : y 2 = x 3 + c x 2 + ( 1 − b − c ) b x (5)
has the point P = ( 0 , 0 ) P=(0,0) P = ( 0 , 0 ) of order 2 and the point Q = ( b , b ) Q=(b,b) Q = ( b , b ) .
Proposition 10.1. Let E 0 : y 2 = x 3 − 10395 x + 444150 E_0:y^2=x^3-10395x+444150 E 0 : y 2 = x 3 − 10395 x + 444150 , which is a model of 1225. b 2 1225.b2 1225. b 2 , let w w w be a root of
f 37 = x 6 − 3150 x 5 + 796635 x 4 − 75770100 x 3 + 3111596775 x 2 − 44606598750 x − 85333003875 , f_{37}=x^6-3150x^5+796635x^4-75770100x^3+3111596775x^2-44606598750x-85333003875, f 37 = x 6 − 3150 x 5 + 796635 x 4 − 75770100 x 3 + 3111596775 x 2 − 44606598750 x − 85333003875 , put K 37 : = Q ( w ) K_{37}:=\mathbb{Q}(w) K 37 := Q ( w ) and δ : = w 3 − 10395 w + 444150 \delta:=w^3-10395w+444150 δ := w 3 − 10395 w + 444150 , and let
E 37 : y 2 = x 3 − 10395 δ 2 x + 444150 δ 3 . E_{37}:\quad y^2=x^3-10395\delta^2x+444150\delta^3. E 37 : y 2 = x 3 − 10395 δ 2 x + 444150 δ 3 . Then K 37 K_{37} K 37 is the cyclic totally real sextic field 6.6.300125.1 6.6.300125.1 6.6.300125.1 , the point ( δ w , δ 2 ) (\delta w,\delta^2) ( δ w , δ 2 ) of E 37 E_{37} E 37 has order 37 and E 37 ( K 37 ) t o r s ≃ Z / 37 Z E_{37}(K_{37})_{\mathrm{tors}}\simeq\mathbb{Z}/37\mathbb{Z} E 37 ( K 37 ) tors ≃ Z /37 Z . If K K K is a sextic field and E / K E/K E / K is an elliptic curve with a point of order 37, then the pair ( K , E ) (K,E) ( K , E ) is isomorphic to ( K 37 , E 37 ) (K_{37},E_{37}) ( K 37 , E 37 ) . In particular, no group properly containing Z / 37 Z \mathbb{Z}/37\mathbb{Z} Z /37 Z is a sextic torsion group.
Proof. Put g ( x ) = x 3 − 10395 x + 444150 g(x)=x^3-10395x+444150 g ( x ) = x 3 − 10395 x + 444150 , so that E 0 : y 2 = g ( x ) E_0:y^2=g(x) E 0 : y 2 = g ( x ) and δ = g ( w ) \delta=g(w) δ = g ( w ) . The map ( x , y ) ↦ ( δ x , δ 2 y ) (x,y)\mapsto(\delta x,\delta^2y) ( x , y ) ↦ ( δ x , δ 2 y ) is an isomorphism from E ∗ : δ y 2 = g ( x ) E^*:\delta y^2=g(x) E ∗ : δ y 2 = g ( x ) to E 37 E_{37} E 37 , which sends P = ( w , 1 ) P=(w,1) P = ( w , 1 ) to ( δ w , δ 2 ) (\delta w,\delta^2) ( δ w , δ 2 ) . We compute that K 37 K_{37} K 37 is the cyclic totally real field 6.6.300125.1 6.6.300125.1 6.6.300125.1 , and we compute that P P P has order 37 and that the irreducible factors over Q \mathbb{Q} Q of the 37-division polynomial of E 0 E_0 E 0 have degrees 6, 6, 6, 666.
As E ∗ E^* E ∗ is a quadratic twist of E 0 E_0 E 0 , the x x x -coordinates x r x_r x r of the points r P rP r P , for 1 ≤ r ≤ 18 1\le r\le18 1 ≤ r ≤ 18 , are 18 distinct roots of this division polynomial. They lie in K 37 K_{37} K 37 , so they have degree at most 6, and hence they are exactly the 18 roots of the three sextic factors. In particular Q ( x r ) = K 37 \mathbb{Q}(x_r)=K_{37} Q ( x r ) = K 37 for every r r r . Writing r P = ( x r , y r ) rP=(x_r,y_r) r P = ( x r , y r ) , we have δ y r 2 = g ( x r ) \delta y_r^2=g(x_r) δ y r 2 = g ( x r ) with y r ≠ 0 y_r\ne0 y r = 0 , as r P rP r P does not have order 2.
Now let ( K , E ) (K,E) ( K , E ) be as in the statement. By [10 Proposition 1.4] we have j ( E ) = − 9317 = j ( E 0 ) j(E)=-9317=j(E_0) j ( E ) = − 9317 = j ( E 0 ) , so E E E is isomorphic to E d : d y 2 = g ( x ) E_d:dy^2=g(x) E d : d y 2 = g ( x ) for some d ∈ K × d\in K^\times d ∈ K × . A point of order 37 on E d E_d E d has x x x -coordinate x ′ ∈ K x'\in K x ′ ∈ K , which is a root of
Finally, we compute that f 37 f_{37} f 37 has roots modulo 29 and modulo 41, and that at the corresponding primes of degree 1 of K 37 K_{37} K 37 , which are of good reduction, the reduction of E 37 E_{37} E 37 has exactly 37 points. As reduction is injective on the torsion of order prime to the residue characteristic, # E 37 ( K 37 ) t o r s \#E_{37}(K_{37})_{\mathrm{tors}} # E 37 ( K 37 ) tors divides 37.
Proposition 10.2. (1) Let K 25 = Q ( a , b ) K_{25}=\mathbb{Q}(a,b) K 25 = Q ( a , b ) with a 3 − a 2 + 1 = 0 a^3-a^2+1=0 a 3 − a 2 + 1 = 0 and b 2 + ( a 2 − 2 a − 1 ) b + a = 0 b^2+(a^2-2a-1)b+a=0 b 2 + ( a 2 − 2 a − 1 ) b + a = 0 , which is the field 6.2.28037.1, put
r = a 2 b − a b + b − 1 a ( a b − 1 ) , s = a b − b + 1 a b . r=\frac{a^2b-ab+b-1}{a(ab-1)},\qquad s=\frac{ab-b+1}{ab}. r = a ( ab − 1 ) a 2 b − ab + b − 1 , s = ab ab − b + 1 . and let E 25 = E ( r s ( r − 1 ) , s ( r − 1 ) ) E_{25}=E(rs(r-1),s(r-1)) E 25 = E ( r s ( r − 1 ) , s ( r − 1 )) as in (4) . Then ( 0 , 0 ) (0,0) ( 0 , 0 ) has order 25 and E 25 ( K 25 ) t o r s ≃ Z / 25 Z E_{25}(K_{25})_{\mathrm{tors}}\simeq\mathbb{Z}/25\mathbb{Z} E 25 ( K 25 ) tors ≃ Z /25 Z .
(2) Let K 4 , 12 = Q ( α , i ) K_{4,12}=\mathbb{Q}(\alpha,i) K 4 , 12 = Q ( α , i ) with α 3 − 3 α − 4 = 0 \alpha^3-3\alpha-4=0 α 3 − 3 α − 4 = 0 , which is the field 6.0.419904.2, and let E 4 , 12 E_{4,12} E 4 , 12 be the base change of 162.d2: y 2 + x y + y = x 3 − x 2 + 4 x − 1 y^2+xy+y=x^3-x^2+4x-1 y 2 + x y + y = x 3 − x 2 + 4 x − 1 to K 4 , 12 K_{4,12} K 4 , 12 . Then E 4 , 12 ( K 4 , 12 ) t o r s ≃ Z / 4 Z × Z / 12 Z E_{4,12}(K_{4,12})_{\mathrm{tors}}\simeq\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/12\mathbb{Z} E 4 , 12 ( K 4 , 12 ) tors ≃ Z /4 Z × Z /12 Z .
Proof. The point in (1) is the sextic point on X 1 ( 25 ) X_1(25) X 1 ( 25 ) found by van Hoeij [46 ] , and the curve in (2) was found by González-Jiménez and Najman [18 ] . We verify both claims directly in Magma [2 ] . □
Proposition 10.3. Let K 2 , 24 = Q ( w ) K_{2,24}=\mathbb{Q}(w) K 2 , 24 = Q ( w ) with w 6 − 2 w 4 + 2 w 2 − 3 = 0 w^6-2w^4+2w^2-3=0 w 6 − 2 w 4 + 2 w 2 − 3 = 0 , which is the field 6.2.231852.1, and let E 2 , 24 = E ′ ( b , c ) E_{2,24}=E'(b,c) E 2 , 24 = E ′ ( b , c ) as in (5) with
b = 1 32 ( 3 w 5 + 7 w 4 − 24 w 3 − 15 w 2 + 21 w + 18 ) , c = 1 16 ( − 7 w 5 + 5 w 4 + 24 w 3 − 5 w 2 − 17 w − 2 ) . b=\frac{1}{32}(3w^5+7w^4-24w^3-15w^2+21w+18),\qquad c=\frac{1}{16}(-7w^5+5w^4+24w^3-5w^2-17w-2). b = 32 1 ( 3 w 5 + 7 w 4 − 24 w 3 − 15 w 2 + 21 w + 18 ) , c = 16 1 ( − 7 w 5 + 5 w 4 + 24 w 3 − 5 w 2 − 17 w − 2 ) . (1) The point Q = ( b , b ) Q=(b,b) Q = ( b , b ) has order 24, and E 2 , 24 ( K 2 , 24 ) t o r s ≃ Z / 2 Z × Z / 24 Z E_{2,24}(K_{2,24})_{\mathrm{tors}}\simeq\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z} E 2 , 24 ( K 2 , 24 ) tors ≃ Z /2 Z × Z /24 Z .
(2) The curve X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) X_1(2,24) X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) has exactly 8 non-cuspidal closed points of degree 6. They form two orbits of length 4 under Δ ( 24 ) \Delta(24) Δ ( 24 ) , and they all come from E 2 , 24 E_{2,24} E 2 , 24 .
(3) If K K K is a sextic field and E / K E/K E / K is an elliptic curve with Z / 2 Z × Z / 24 Z ⊆ E ( K ) \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z}\subseteq E(K) Z /2 Z × Z /24 Z ⊆ E ( K ) , then ( K , E ) ≃ ( K 2 , 24 , E 2 , 24 ) (K,E)\simeq(K_{2,24},E_{2,24}) ( K , E ) ≃ ( K 2 , 24 , E 2 , 24 ) .
The curve E 2 , 24 E_{2,24} E 2 , 24 has no complex multiplication, its j j j -invariant generates the cubic subfield of K 2 , 24 K_{2,24} K 2 , 24 , which has discriminant − 139 -139 − 139 , and its conductor has norm 6.
Proof. Write K = K 2 , 24 K=K_{2,24} K = K 2 , 24 and E = E 2 , 24 E=E_{2,24} E = E 2 , 24 . We compute (1) and the last sentence. Moreover # Aut ( K ) = 2 \#\operatorname{Aut}(K)=2 # Aut ( K ) = 2 . Indeed, the defining polynomial of w w w is h ( x 2 ) h(x^2) h ( x 2 ) , where h ( t ) = t 3 − 2 t 2 + 2 t − 3 h(t)=t^3-2t^2+2t-3 h ( t ) = t 3 − 2 t 2 + 2 t − 3 is strictly increasing (its derivative 3 t 2 − 4 t + 2 3t^2-4t+2 3 t 2 − 4 t + 2 has no real roots) and h ( 0 ) < 0 h(0)<0 h ( 0 ) < 0 . So h h h has exactly one real root, which is positive, and h ( x 2 ) h(x^2) h ( x 2 ) has exactly two real roots, which differ by sign. Hence, in a real embedding of K K K , every automorphism of K K K sends w w w to ± w \pm w ± w , and w ↦ − w w\mapsto-w w ↦ − w is an automorphism.
We prove (2). The group E ( K ) t o r s ≃ Z / 2 Z × Z / 24 Z E(K)_{\mathrm{tors}}\simeq\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z} E ( K ) tors ≃ Z /2 Z × Z /24 Z contains 16 points of order 24, and for each such Q ′ Q' Q ′ there are 2 points of order 2 not in ⟨ Q ′ ⟩ \langle Q'\rangle ⟨ Q ′ ⟩ , so there are 32 pairs ( P ′ , Q ′ ) (P',Q') ( P ′ , Q ′ ) generating E ( K ) t o r s E(K)_{\mathrm{tors}} E ( K ) tors , that is, 32 embeddings Z / 2 Z × Z / 24 Z ↪ E ( K ) \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z}\hookrightarrow E(K) Z /2 Z × Z /24 Z ↪ E ( K ) . Two of them give the same point of Y 1 ( 2 , 24 ) Y_1(2,24) Y 1 ( 2 , 24 ) if and only if they differ by an automorphism of E E E . As Aut ( E ) = { ± 1 } \operatorname{Aut}(E)=\{\pm1\} Aut ( E ) = { ± 1 } , the pairs ( P ′ , Q ′ ) (P',Q') ( P ′ , Q ′ ) and ( − P ′ , − Q ′ ) = ( P ′ , − Q ′ ) (-P',-Q')=(P',-Q') ( − P ′ , − Q ′ ) = ( P ′ , − Q ′ ) give the same point, so the 32 pairs give 16 distinct K K K -points of Y 1 ( 2 , 24 ) Y_1(2,24) Y 1 ( 2 , 24 ) . Each of them lies on a closed point of degree 6, as Z / 2 Z × Z / 24 Z ⊈ Φ ( d ) \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z}\not\subseteq\Phi(d) Z /2 Z × Z /24 Z ⊆ Φ ( d ) for d ∈ { 1 , 2 , 3 } d\in\{1,2,3\} d ∈ { 1 , 2 , 3 } , whose residue field is isomorphic to K K K , and such a closed point of degree 6 has exactly # Aut ( K ) = 2 \#\operatorname{Aut}(K)=2 # Aut ( K ) = 2 points with values in K K K . Hence E E E gives at least 8 closed points of degree 6. On the other hand, by Proposition 7.5, for every non-cuspidal closed point D D D of degree 6 there are δ ∈ Δ ( 24 ) \delta\in\Delta(24) δ ∈ Δ ( 24 ) and i i i with δ D ∼ L i \delta D\sim L_i δ D ∼ L i , and ∣ L i ∣ |L_i| ∣ L i ∣ contains at most one effective divisor, so there are at most 2 ⋅ # Δ ( 24 ) = 8 2\cdot\#\Delta(24)=8 2 ⋅ #Δ ( 24 ) = 8 such points. Hence there are exactly 8, they form two orbits of length 4, and they all come from E E E . In particular each of ∣ L 1 ∣ |L_1| ∣ L 1 ∣ and ∣ L 2 ∣ |L_2| ∣ L 2 ∣ contains exactly one effective divisor, and the 16 points above are all the K K K -points on these 8 closed points. As a consistency check, we verify that two of these points reduce modulo 5 to the two survivors in the proof of Proposition 7.5.
For (3), let ( K ′ , E ′ ) (K', E') ( K ′ , E ′ ) be as in (3). It gives a non-cuspidal closed point of degree 6 on X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) X_1(2, 24) X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) , which is one of the 8 points of (2), so its residue field is isomorphic to K K K . Choosing such an isomorphism, we obtain a K K K -point on one of these closed points, which is one of the 16 points above, all of which come from E E E . As X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) X_1(2, 24) X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) is a fine moduli space, ( K ′ , E ′ ) ≃ ( K , E ) (K', E') \simeq(K, E) ( K ′ , E ′ ) ≃ ( K , E ) .
Proposition 10.4. The group Z / 48 Z \mathbb{Z}/48\mathbb{Z} Z /48 Z is not a subgroup of the torsion of an elliptic curve over a sextic field.
Proof. Suppose E 1 E_1 E 1 is an elliptic curve over a sextic field K K K with a point P 1 P_1 P 1 of order 48. By Lemma 3.2 , the curve E ′ = E 1 / ⟨ 24 P 1 ⟩ E' = E_1/\langle24P_1\rangle E ′ = E 1 / ⟨ 24 P 1 ⟩ has Z / 2 Z × Z / 24 Z ⊆ E ′ ( K ) \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z} \subseteq E'(K) Z /2 Z × Z /24 Z ⊆ E ′ ( K ) , so by Proposition 10.3 (3) we may assume that K = K 2 , 24 K = K_{2,24} K = K 2 , 24 and E ′ = E 2 , 24 E' = E_{2,24} E ′ = E 2 , 24 . Let ϕ : E 1 → E ′ \phi: E_1 \to E' ϕ : E 1 → E ′ be the quotient isogeny. Its kernel has order 2, and ker ϕ ^ = ϕ ( E 1 [ 2 ] ) \ker\hat{\phi} = \phi(E_1[2]) ker ϕ ^ = ϕ ( E 1 [ 2 ]) is generated by a K K K -rational point of order 2, so E 1 E_1 E 1 is isomorphic to one of the three curves 2-isogenous to E 2 , 24 E_{2,24} E 2 , 24 over K K K . We compute that their torsion groups over K K K are Z / 24 Z \mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z} Z /24 Z , Z / 2 Z × Z / 12 Z \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/12\mathbb{Z} Z /2 Z × Z /12 Z and Z / 24 Z \mathbb{Z}/24\mathbb{Z} Z /24 Z , which is a contradiction. □
Proof of Theorems 1.1 and 1.2. By Propositions 10.1 to 10.3, together with [14 Theorem 1.1] , every group in B \mathcal{B} B is a sextic torsion group. Conversely, let G G G be a sextic torsion group. If G ∉ B G \notin\mathcal{B} G ∈ / B , then by Lemma 3.1 G G G contains a member of G \mathcal{G} G . Table 1 lists, for each of the 66 members of G \mathcal{G} G , where it is shown that it is not a subgroup of the torsion of any elliptic curve over a sextic field, which is a contradiction. Hence Φ ( 6 ) = B \Phi(6) = \mathcal{B} Φ ( 6 ) = B , which is Theorem 1.1 . Theorem 1.2 follows from Propositions 10.1 to 10.3. □
Remark 10.5. The sextic points on X 1 ( 37 ) X_1(37) X 1 ( 37 ) and X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) X_1(2, 24) X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) are sporadic, since both curves have only finitely many points of degree at most 6: for X 1 ( 37 ) X_1(37) X 1 ( 37 ) this follows from gon Q X 1 ( 37 ) = 18 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}} X_1(37) = 18 gon Q X 1 ( 37 ) = 18 [15 Theorem 1] and Frey’s theorem [17 ] , and for X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) X_1(2, 24) X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) it follows from rk J 1 ( 2 , 24 ) ( Q ) = 0 \operatorname{rk} J_1(2, 24)(\mathbb{Q}) = 0 rk J 1 ( 2 , 24 ) ( Q ) = 0 and gon Q X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) > 6 \operatorname{gon}_{\mathbb{Q}} X_1(2, 24) > 6 gon Q X 1 ( 2 , 24 ) > 6 (see the proof of Proposition 7.5) by [14 Proposition 2.3] . The curve E 2 , 24 E_{2,24} E 2 , 24 has conductor of norm 6, which is very small, as was the case for the curve with torsion Z / 2 Z × Z / 18 Z \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/18\mathbb{Z} Z /2 Z × Z /18 Z over a quintic field in [36 ] . The points of degree 6 that give the four sporadic groups are listed in [37 ] as 1.25.6.a, 1.37.6.a, 4.12.6.a and 2.24.6.a.
Remark 10.6. We do not know whether E 25 E_{25} E 25 and E 4 , 12 E_{4,12} E 4 , 12 are the only elliptic curves over sextic fields with torsion Z / 25 Z \mathbb{Z}/25\mathbb{Z} Z /25 Z and Z / 4 Z × Z / 12 Z \mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z} \times\mathbb{Z}/12\mathbb{Z} Z /4 Z × Z /12 Z , respectively. This would require determining all the sextic points on X 1 ( 25 ) X_1(25) X 1 ( 25 ) and all the cubic points on X 1 ( 4 , 12 ) X_1(4,12) X 1 ( 4 , 12 ) over Q ( i ) \mathbb{Q}(i) Q ( i ) , which we did not attempt, as it is not needed for Theorem 1.1 : all the groups properly containing these two groups are ruled out directly.
The computations
Our computations were performed in Magma V2.30-1 [2 ] , apart from some auxiliary ones in Python: the list of groups in Lemma 3.1 , the values of Abramovich’s bound and the orders of diamond operators that we quote, the queries to the LMFDB, some checks of orbits of cusps, and the combination and replay of data exported from Magma. They were run on the Mordell server at the Department of Mathematics, University of Zagreb, with an AMD EPYC 9175F CPU and 384 GB of RAM. We used the package mdmagma [33 ] for the moduli-theoretic operations, Sutherland’s optimized models of X 1 ( n ) X_1(n) X 1 ( n ) [44 , 45 ] , the Derickx–Sutherland models of X 1 ( m , n ) X_1(m,n) X 1 ( m , n ) [DS16], and Sutherland’s package [43 ] for an independent count of points on modular curves over finite fields. The Hecke operators on closed points of X 1 ( m , n ) F p X_1(m,n)_{\mathbb{F}_p} X 1 ( m , n ) F p were computed with the routines of [36 §10] , extended to m ≥ 3 m \ge3 m ≥ 3 by carrying both level points through the isogenies, and these extensions were tested against the full computation of the isogenies on sample points. The computations took about 11 hours of CPU time in total, not counting the independent recomputations described below, of which the one used in the proof of Proposition 9.5 took about 10 hours.
The completeness of the enumeration of closed points of degree at most 6, which every sieve computation assumes, was checked independently of the models by counting the isomorphism classes of elliptic curves with the required level structure over F p d \mathbb{F}_{p^d} F p d for d ≤ 6 d \le6 d ≤ 6 , using # Y 1 ( m , n ) ( F p d ) = ∑ e ∣ d e ⋅ n e \#Y_1(m,n)(\mathbb{F}_{p^d}) = \sum_{e\mid d} e \cdot n_e # Y 1 ( m , n ) ( F p d ) = ∑ e ∣ d e ⋅ n e , where n e n_e n e is the number of non-cuspidal closed points of degree e e e (see independent_counts.m, count_short_sieves.m, count_42_gl2.m and verify_35.m for the curves of Table 4 ).
For the check in Remark 6.4 we need that A 2 A_2 A 2 annihilates J 1 ( 49 ) ( Q ) J_1(49)(\mathbb{Q}) J 1 ( 49 ) ( Q ) . By [7 Theorem 3.1(2), Corollary 4.14 and Table 2] this group is finite with invariant factors [ 7 , 52367710906884085342 ] [7, 52367710906884085342] [ 7 , 52367710906884085342 ] , so its 2-primary part is { 0 , z } \{0,z\} { 0 , z } for an element z z z of order 2. Reduction modulo 2 is injective on the odd part, and on the reduction of a rational point Frobenius acts trivially and Verschiebung acts as multiplication by 2, so A 2 A_2 A 2 annihilates the odd part by the Eichler–Shimura relation. By Proposition 2.1(2) the element z z z lies in the kernel of A 5 A_5 A 5 on J 1 ( 49 ) [ 2 ] J_1(49)[2] J 1 ( 49 ) [ 2 ] , and we compute, using the action of the Hecke algebra on H 1 ( J 1 ( 49 ) ( C ) , Z ) / 2 H 1 ( J 1 ( 49 ) ( C ) , Z ) ≃ J 1 ( 49 ) [ 2 ] H_1(J_1(49)(\mathbb{C}),\mathbb{Z})/2H_1(J_1(49)(\mathbb{C}),\mathbb{Z}) \simeq J_1(49)[2] H 1 ( J 1 ( 49 ) ( C ) , Z ) /2 H 1 ( J 1 ( 49 ) ( C ) , Z ) ≃ J 1 ( 49 ) [ 2 ] , that this kernel has dimension 2 and meets the kernel of T 2 T_2 T 2 trivially. As T 2 T_2 T 2 and ⟨ 2 ⟩ \langle2\rangle ⟨ 2 ⟩ preserve { 0 , z } \{0,z\} { 0 , z } , it follows that T 2 z = ⟨ 2 ⟩ z = z T_2z = \langle2\rangle z = z T 2 z = ⟨ 2 ⟩ z = z , so A 2 z = − 2 z = 0 A_2z = -2z = 0 A 2 z = − 2 z = 0 . We then compute that [ A 2 ( D ) ] ≠ 0 [A_2(D)] \ne0 [ A 2 ( D )] = 0 for the 8 representatives of degree 6, in agreement with the computation with A 5 A_5 A 5 .
We checked the computations on which the proofs depend most heavily a second time, with code written independently of the first implementation. These are the explicit examples of § 10 (see verify_sporadic_curves.m), the list of Lemma 3.1 (see group_list.py) and the analytic ranks and character values used in § 4 , § 8 and 9, read directly from the LMFDB (see lmfdb_ranks.py). In the folder independent of the repository we recomputed the 2-torsion computations of Remark 6.4 and Lemma 9.2 (in both conventions for the action of the Hecke algebra on homology), and, with models of the curves constructed from scratch, the doubled cuspidal computations of Proposition 5.5 for X 1 ( 45 ) X_1(45) X 1 ( 45 ) and X 1 ( 3 , 21 ) X_1(3,21) X 1 ( 3 , 21 ) and the Cartier operator computations of Proposition 8.5 . For Proposition 9.5 the computation in this folder is the one used in the proof, and the original one (cusp65_genus41_rr_transport_full.m) gives the same dimensions 35 and 28, and rank 6 on the 1792 of these divisors that are compatible with the fields of definition of the cusps of X 1 ( 65 ) X_1(65) X 1 ( 65 ) . In all cases the results agree.
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