The Tate curve over ℤ⟦q⟧ #
The Tate curve is the Weierstrass equation
E_q : y² + xy = x³ + a₄(q) x + a₆(q), a₄(q) = -5 s₃(q), a₆(q) = -(5 s₃(q) + 7 s₅(q)) / 12,
where s_k(q) = ∑_{n ≥ 1} nᵏ qⁿ / (1 - qⁿ) = ∑_{n ≥ 1} σ_k(n) qⁿ. This file defines it as a
Weierstrass curve over the formal power series ring ℤ⟦q⟧. The division by 12 in a₆ is
carried out on coefficients, using 12 ∣ 5 σ₃(n) + 7 σ₅(n), so no denominator is ever
introduced: the curve is defined over ℤ⟦q⟧, and by WeierstrassCurve.map over R⟦q⟧ for
every commutative ring R, residue characteristics 2 and 3 included. Over a complete
non-archimedean field K and q ∈ Kˣ with |q| < 1 the series converge, and specialising gives
the curve whose points are Kˣ / qᶻ; this file contains the formal half of that story.
The formal invariants are those of the Tate curve as an elliptic curve over the Laurent series
ℤ⸨q⸩: c₄ = 1 + 240 s₃ and c₆ = -1 + 504 s₅, the discriminant is q times a unit of
ℤ⟦q⟧, so that the curve is elliptic over ℤ⸨q⸩, and its j-invariant is
1 / q + 744 + ⋯ with integral coefficients.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.divisorSumSeries k: the seriess_k(q) = ∑_{n ≥ 1} σ_k(n) qⁿinℤ⟦q⟧.TauCeti.tateCurve: the Tate curve, a Weierstrass curve overℤ⟦q⟧.
Main results #
TauCeti.tateCurve_a₄andTauCeti.twelve_mul_tateCurve_a₆:a₄ = -5 s₃and12 a₆ = -(5 s₃ + 7 s₅), which determine the coefficients sinceℤ⟦q⟧is torsion-free.TauCeti.constantCoeff_tateCurve_a₄andTauCeti.constantCoeff_tateCurve_a₆: atq = 0the Tate curve is the nodal cubicy² + xy = x³.TauCeti.tateCurve_c₄andTauCeti.tateCurve_c₆:c₄ = 1 + 240 s₃andc₆ = -1 + 504 s₅.TauCeti.order_tateCurve_ΔandTauCeti.exists_tateCurve_Δ_eq_X_mul:Δ = q · uwithua power series of constant coefficient1, andΔ = q - 24 q² + ⋯.TauCeti.exists_tateCurve_j_eq: overℤ⸨q⸩the Tate curve is elliptic andj = q⁻¹ · J(q)withJ ∈ ℤ⟦q⟧andJ = 1 + 744 q + ⋯.
References #
- J. H. Silverman, Advanced Topics in the Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves, GTM 151, §V.3.
- J. Tate, A review of non-Archimedean elliptic functions, in Elliptic curves, modular forms, & Fermat's last theorem (Hong Kong, 1993), International Press (1995), 162–184.
The Tate curve y² + xy = x³ + a₄ x + a₆ over ℤ⟦q⟧, with a₄ = -5 s₃ and
a₆ = -(5 s₃ + 7 s₅) / 12. The n-th coefficient of a₆ is -(5 σ₃(n) + 7 σ₅(n)) / 12, an
integer by twelve_dvd_five_mul_sigma_three_add_seven_mul_sigma_five; use
coeff_tateCurve_a₆ and twelve_mul_tateCurve_a₆ rather than the definition.
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The n-th coefficient of a₆ is -(5 σ₃(n) + 7 σ₅(n)) / 12.
The coefficients of a₆: 12 · [qⁿ] a₆ = -(5 σ₃(n) + 7 σ₅(n)).
c₄ = 1 + 240 s₃, the normalised Eisenstein series of weight 4.
c₆ = -1 + 504 s₅, minus the normalised Eisenstein series of weight 6.
a₄ vanishes at q = 0.
a₆ vanishes at q = 0.
Δ vanishes at q = 0.
The q-coefficient of Δ is 1.
The q²-coefficient of Δ is -24.
The discriminant of the Tate curve is q times a unit: Δ = q · u with u ∈ ℤ⟦q⟧ of
constant coefficient 1, hence invertible in ℤ⟦q⟧.
Over the Laurent series ℤ⸨q⸩, where q is invertible, the Tate curve is elliptic.
j(q) = 1 / q + 744 + ⋯: over ℤ⸨q⸩ the j-invariant of the Tate curve is q⁻¹ · J(q)
for a power series J ∈ ℤ⟦q⟧ with J = 1 + 744 q + ⋯. In particular j has a simple pole at
q = 0 and integral coefficients.