Points of naive exact order N on an elliptic curve #
Let E be an elliptic curve over a scheme S and x a point of E with values in a scheme Z
over S. Following Katz and Mazur, x has naive exact order N when it is a point of the
N-torsion E[N], that is Nx = 0, and for every divisor d ≠ N of N the point dx meets
the zero section nowhere: the equalizer of dx and 0, the closed subscheme of Z on which the
two agree, is empty (EllipticCurveGeom.IsOfNaiveExactOrder). Over a field this says that x
has order exactly N in the group of points
(EllipticCurveGeom.isOfNaiveExactOrder_iff_orderOf_eq); in general it is the scheme-theoretic
form of asking that x have order exactly N in every geometric fibre.
An S-point of naive exact order N is a naive [Γ₁(N)]-structure on E: an S-point Q
has empty equalizer with the zero section exactly when it meets the zero section at no point of
S (EllipticCurveGeom.isEmpty_equalizer_one_iff), so a homomorphism φ : ℤ/Nℤ →* E(S) is
injective on every fibre, the condition defining ModuliProblem.gammaOneNaive, exactly when
φ 1 has naive exact order N
(EllipticCurveGeom.isFiberwiseInjective_iff_isOfNaiveExactOrder).
Unlike the Drinfeld notion EllipticCurveGeom.IsOfExactOrder, which works over every base, the
naive notion behaves poorly where N is not invertible: over a field of characteristic p, a
supersingular curve has no point of naive exact order p, while its zero section has exact order
p in Drinfeld's sense. Accordingly the scheme of points of naive exact order N below is open in
E[N] for every N ≠ 0, and it is closed in E[N], and so finite over S, whenever
N is invertible; closedness need not hold over an arbitrary base. Points of naive exact order N
are stable under base change, both along morphisms Z' ⟶ Z
(EllipticCurveGeom.IsOfNaiveExactOrder.comp) and along base change of the elliptic curve
(EllipticCurveGeom.IsOfNaiveExactOrder.pointsPullback).
A point of E[N] with values in Z has naive exact order N exactly when it maps Z into the
naive locus EllipticCurveGeom.naiveLocus (E.torsionPointHom N) of the universal point P of
E[N]: the set of points of E[N] at which no multiple aP with a ≠ 0 meets the zero section
(EllipticCurveGeom.isOfNaiveExactOrder_comp_torsionι_iff). For N ≠ 0 this set is open
(EllipticCurveGeom.isOpen_naiveLocus), and the corresponding open subscheme
EllipticCurveGeom.naiveLocusOver (E.torsionPointHom N) of E[N], which also represents the naive
moduli problem [Γ₁(N)] over Ell/B (ModuliProblem.gammaOneNaiveRelRepData), represents the
functor of points of naive exact order N (EllipticCurveGeom.naiveExactOrderRepresentableBy).
Pulling it back along an S-point P gives the locus of S over which P has naive exact order
N (EllipticCurveGeom.naiveExactOrderPreimage): a morphism T ⟶ S factors through it exactly
when the base change of P to T has naive exact order N
(EllipticCurveGeom.exists_lift_naiveExactOrderPreimageι_iff). Where N is invertible on S,
the naive locus is closed in E[N] as well (EllipticCurveGeom.isClopen_naiveLocus), so this
locus is a closed subscheme of S (EllipticCurveGeom.isClosedImmersion_naiveExactOrderPreimageι).
Following EllipticCurveGeom.mulBy, the group law on points of E is written multiplicatively:
x ^ d is the point dx, and 1 is the zero section.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.EllipticCurveGeom.IsOfNaiveExactOrder E x N: the pointxhas naive exact orderN.TauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.EllipticCurveGeom.naiveExactOrderSubfunctor E N: the points ofEof naive exact orderN, as a subfunctor of the functor of points ofE.TauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.EllipticCurveGeom.naiveExactOrderPreimage N P: the locus ofSover which anS-pointPhas naive exact orderN ≠ 0, with inclusionTauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.EllipticCurveGeom.naiveExactOrderPreimageι N P.
Main results #
TauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.EllipticCurveGeom.isOfNaiveExactOrder_iff_orderOf_eq: over a field, a point has naive exact orderNexactly when its order in the group of points isN.TauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.EllipticCurveGeom.IsOfNaiveExactOrder.pointsPullback: points of naive exact orderNare stable under base change of the elliptic curve.TauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.EllipticCurveGeom.isOfNaiveExactOrder_pointsBaseChangeEquiv_iff: identifying points of a base change with points valued in the new base preserves and reflects naive exact order.TauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.EllipticCurveGeom.exists_isOfNaiveExactOrder_over: over each separably closed field point whereNis invertible, there is a point of naive exact orderN.TauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.EllipticCurveGeom.isFiberwiseInjective_iff_isOfNaiveExactOrder: a homomorphismℤ/Nℤ →* E(S)is a naive[Γ₁(N)]-structure exactly when the image of1has naive exact orderN.TauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.EllipticCurveGeom.isOfNaiveExactOrder_iff_forall_lt: a pointxhas naive exact orderNexactly whenNx = 0andkxmeets the zero section nowhere for0 < k < N.TauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.EllipticCurveGeom.isOfNaiveExactOrder_comp_torsionι_iff: a point ofE[N]has naive exact orderNexactly when it lands in the naive locus of the universal point ofE[N].TauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.EllipticCurveGeom.naiveExactOrderRepresentableBy: forN ≠ 0, the naive locus of the universal point ofE[N], an open subscheme ofE[N], represents the points ofEof naive exact orderN.TauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.EllipticCurveGeom.exists_lift_naiveExactOrderPreimageι_iff: a morphismT ⟶ Sfactors through the locus wherePhas naive exact orderNexactly when the base change ofPtoThas naive exact orderN.TauCeti.AlgebraicGeometry.EllipticCurveGeom.isClosedImmersion_naiveExactOrderPreimageι: whereNis invertible onS, the locus wherePhas naive exact orderNis a closed subscheme ofS.
References #
- N. M. Katz and B. Mazur, Arithmetic Moduli of Elliptic Curves, 1.4.4 and §3.7 (naive level structures).
- P. Deligne and M. Rapoport, Les schémas de modules de courbes elliptiques, LNM 349, IV,
Construction 4.8 (a naive
[Γ₁(N)]-structure as a section everywhere of exact orderN). - D. Loeffler, Modular Curves, lecture notes, §3.8.
Points of naive exact order N. A point x of an elliptic curve E over S, with values
in a scheme Z over S, has naive exact order N when Nx = 0 and, for every divisor d ≠ N
of N, the point dx meets the zero section nowhere: the equalizer of dx and 0 is empty.
Over a field this says that x has order exactly N (isOfNaiveExactOrder_iff_orderOf_eq).
For N = 0 every d ≥ 1 divides N, so this asks that x have infinite order in every fibre.
Instances For
The defining property of a point of naive exact order N.
A point of naive exact order N is killed by N.
A point of naive exact order N is killed by multiplication by N, so it is a point of the
N-torsion E[N] (EllipticCurveGeom.exists_comp_torsionι_iff).
If x has naive exact order N, then for every divisor d ≠ N of N the point dx meets
the zero section nowhere.
Points of naive exact order N pull back: if x has naive exact order N, then so has
its composite with any morphism k : Z' ⟶ Z of schemes over S.
The only point of naive exact order one is the zero section.
Over a field #
Naive exact order over a field. A K-point of an elliptic curve over a field K has naive
exact order N exactly when its order in the group of K-points is N.
Base change #
Under the group equivalence identifying points of a base change with points valued in the new base, naive exact order is preserved and reflected.
Points of naive exact order N are stable under base change: if an S-point P of E
has naive exact order N, then so does its base change, the S'-point P' of E'.
Comparison with injectivity on fibres #
An S-point Q of E has empty equalizer with the zero section exactly when it meets the
zero section at no point of S.
Naive [Γ₁(N)]-structures are the S-points of naive exact order N. A homomorphism
φ : ℤ/Nℤ →* E(S) is injective on every fibre, that is, it is a naive [Γ₁(N)]-structure
(ModuliProblem.gammaOneNaive), exactly when the S-point φ 1 has naive exact order N.
Existence over separably closed fields #
Over a separably closed field where N is invertible, an elliptic curve has a point of
naive exact order N.
For a geometric point of the base in a characteristic prime to N, there is a point
of naive exact order N above it, valued in the same separably closed field.
The functor of points of naive exact order N #
The functor of points of naive exact order N: the subfunctor of the functor of points
Z ↦ (Z ⟶ E) of E, on schemes over S, whose values at Z are the points of naive exact
order N with values in Z.
Instances For
The values of naiveExactOrderSubfunctor E N are the points of naive exact order N.
The locus of naive exact order N in E[N] #
Naive exact order among the multiples below N. A point x of E with values in Z has
naive exact order N ≠ 0 exactly when Nx = 0 and, for every 0 < k < N, the point kx meets the
zero section nowhere: where kx and Nx meet the zero section, so does gcd(k, N) x, a proper
multiple.
Points of E[N] of naive exact order N. A point y of the N-torsion E[N] with
values in Z has naive exact order N, as a point of E, exactly when it maps Z into the naive
locus of the universal point P of E[N] (EllipticCurveGeom.torsionPointHom), the set of points
of E[N] at which no multiple aP with a ≠ 0 meets the zero section.
The scheme of points of naive exact order N represents them. For N ≠ 0, morphisms over
S from Z to the naive locus of the universal point of E[N], the open subscheme of E[N]
representing the naive moduli problem [Γ₁(N)], correspond, by composing with the inclusions into
E[N] and into E, to the points of E of naive exact order N with values in Z, naturally
in Z.
Instances For
The point of naive exact order N corresponding to a morphism u into the naive locus of the
universal point of E[N] is the composite of u with the inclusions into E[N] and into E.
The locus where an S-point has naive exact order N #
The locus where an S-point has naive exact order N: for N ≠ 0, the preimage under
the S-point P of the naive locus of the universal point of E[N], the open subscheme of E[N]
of points of naive exact order N. A morphism t : T ⟶ S factors through it exactly when the base
change of P along t has naive exact order N (exists_lift_naiveExactOrderPreimageι_iff).
Instances For
The inclusion of the locus where P has naive exact order N into S.
Instances For
The inclusion of the locus where P has naive exact order N into S is a monomorphism.
The restriction of P to the locus where P has naive exact order N, as a point of the
naive locus of the universal point of E[N], the scheme of points of naive exact order N.
Instances For
The locus where P has naive exact order N is the preimage under P of the naive locus of
the universal point of E[N].
The universal property of the locus where P has naive exact order N. Let x be the
point of E with values in a scheme Z over S given by the base change of P, that is
x = P ∘ (Z ⟶ S). Then Z ⟶ S factors through the locus where P has naive exact order N
exactly when x has naive exact order N.
The locus where P has naive exact order N is closed where N is invertible. If N is
invertible in every residue field of S, the naive locus of the universal point of E[N] is closed
in E[N] (EllipticCurveGeom.isClopen_naiveLocus), so its preimage under P is a closed subscheme
of S.