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A Classification of Genus 0 Modular Curves with Rational Points

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https://doi.org/10.7298/dh76-dw78
https://hdl.handle.net/1813/109786
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Author
Rakvi
Abstract

Let E be a non-CM elliptic curve defined over Q. Fix an algebraic closure Q of Q. We get a Galois representation ρE : Gal(Q/Q) →GL2( ˆZ) associated to E by choosing a compatible bases for the N-torsion subgroups of E(Q). Associated to an open subgroup G of GL2( ˆZ) satisfying −I ∈G and det(G) = ˆZ×, we have the modular curve (XG ,πG ) over Q which loosely parametrises elliptic curves E such that the image of ρE is conjugate to a subgroup of Gt. In this article we give a complete classification of all such genus 0 modular curves that have a rational point. This classification is given in finitely many families. Moreover, each such modular curve can be explicitly computed.

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85 pages
Date Issued
2021-05
Keywords
Elliptic curves
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Galois representations
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Modular curves
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Number Theory
Committee Chair
Zywina, David J.
Committee Member
Speh, Birgit Else Marie
Ramakrishna, Ravi Kumar
Degree Discipline
Mathematics
Degree Name
Ph. D., Mathematics
Degree Level
Doctor of Philosophy
Type
dissertation or thesis
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https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/15049477

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