Kernels of dual isogenies and degree torsion #
For an isogeny φ : W₁ → W₂, the identity φ̂ ∘ φ = [deg φ] gives an exact sequence
ker φ → W₁[deg φ] → ker φ̂. The first map is inclusion and the second is induced by φ.
Over a separably closed field, if φ is separable, the second map is surjective.
If φ̂ is separable, applying this to the dual lifts every point of ker φ through φ̂
on degree torsion.
These are the native-point counterparts of TauCeti.Isogeny.kerCoeffToTorsionCoeff and
TauCeti.Isogeny.torsionCoeffToDualKerCoeff in
TauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.EllipticCurve.GaloisCohomology.Isogeny.Torsion.
There TauCeti.Isogeny.torsionShortExact packages the same sequence over a separable closure
as discrete Galois modules. Here the maps are defined over any field, without coefficient
or cohomology imports; surjectivity only needs separability of the relevant isogeny.
References #
- J. H. Silverman, The Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves, III.6 and III.8.
A point killed by an isogeny is killed by its degree.
The inclusion of an isogeny's kernel in the torsion subgroup at its degree.
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Inclusion in degree torsion does not change the underlying point.
The isogeny kills every point in the image of its kernel inclusion.
The map from the kernel to degree torsion is injective.
The map from degree torsion to the dual kernel, R ↦ φ R.
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The map to the dual kernel is the original isogeny on underlying points.
The dual sends degree torsion into the original kernel.
The kernel of the map from degree torsion consists exactly of the points killed by φ.
The image of the kernel inclusion is exactly the degree-torsion points killed by φ.
Together with torsionToDualKer_eq_zero_iff, this expresses exactness at degree
torsion.
For a separable isogeny, every point of the dual kernel is the image under φ of a
degree-torsion point.
If the dual is separable, every point killed by φ lifts through φ̂ on degree torsion.