The addition theorem for ℘ and the group law on ℂ / Λ #
This file proves the addition theorem for the Weierstrass ℘-function of a period lattice Λ:
for z, w ∉ Λ with ℘(z) ≠ ℘(w),
℘(z + w) = ((℘'(z) - ℘'(w)) / (℘(z) - ℘(w)))² / 4 - ℘(z) - ℘(w),
together with the companion formula for ℘'(z + w). In terms of the point map
P(z) = (℘(z), ℘'(z) / 2) to the Weierstrass curve y² = x³ - (g₂ / 4) x - g₃ / 4
(PeriodPair.weierstrassPoint), these say that P(z + w) is the chord-and-tangent sum of P(z)
and P(w). Hence P is a group homomorphism from ℂ to the points of the curve with kernel Λ:
this is the injectivity half of the complex uniformization ℂ / Λ ≃ E(ℂ). Together with the
surjectivity of P (PeriodPair.weierstrassPoint_surjective), it gives the group isomorphism
ℂ / Λ ≃+ E(ℂ) (PeriodPair.weierstrassPointEquiv).
Main results #
PeriodPair.hasDerivAt_derivWeierstrassP:℘'' = 6 ℘² - g₂ / 2off the lattice.PeriodPair.weierstrassP_add,PeriodPair.derivWeierstrassP_add: the addition theorems for℘and℘'.PeriodPair.weierstrassPoint_add:P(z + w) = P(z) + P(w).PeriodPair.weierstrassPointHom: the point map as a group homomorphismℂ →+ E(ℂ), andPeriodPair.ker_weierstrassPointHom: its kernel isΛ.PeriodPair.weierstrassPointEquiv: the group isomorphismℂ / Λ ≃+ E(ℂ)induced by the point map, which is surjective byPeriodPair.weierstrassPoint_surjective, withPeriodPair.weierstrassPointEquiv_mkandPeriodPair.weierstrassPointEquiv_symm_weierstrassPointfor the isomorphism and its inverse on the class ofz.
Implementation notes #
The addition theorem is proved by differentiation rather than by Liouville's theorem, which would
need the principal parts of ℘(z + w) and of the slope at z = -w. Along a line z + w = s, the
function ℘(z) + ℘(w) - ((℘'(z) - ℘'(w)) / (℘(z) - ℘(w)))² / 4 has derivative zero by the
differential equation ℘'² = 4 ℘³ - g₂ ℘ - g₃ and its derivative ℘'' = 6 ℘² - g₂ / 2; its limit
as z → 0 is -℘(s). The resulting polynomial identity extends to all z, w, z + w ∉ Λ by the
identity theorem, the complement of a countable set in ℂ being connected. The formula for ℘'
follows by differentiating again. These give the group law in the chord case ℘(z) ≠ ℘(w). When
℘(z) = ℘(w), it follows by cancelling P(t) in
P(z + w) + P(t) = P(z + w + t) = P(z) + P(w + t) = P(z) + P(w) + P(t), where each equality is a
chord case for a suitable small t.
References #
- E. T. Whittaker and G. N. Watson, A Course of Modern Analysis, 4th ed., Cambridge University Press, 1927, §20.3.
- J. H. Silverman, The Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves, 2nd ed., Graduate Texts in Mathematics 106, Springer, 2009, §VI.3.
The second derivative of ℘ #
Off the lattice, ℘ has derivative ℘'.
℘'' = 6 ℘² - g₂ / 2. Off the lattice, ℘' has derivative 6 ℘² - g₂ / 2.
℘'' = 6 ℘² - g₂ / 2 off the lattice.
The addition theorem for ℘ and ℘' #
The addition theorem for ℘. If z, w ∉ Λ and ℘(z) ≠ ℘(w), then
℘(z + w) = ((℘'(z) - ℘'(w)) / (℘(z) - ℘(w)))² / 4 - ℘(z) - ℘(w).
The addition theorem for ℘'. If z, w ∉ Λ and ℘(z) ≠ ℘(w), then
℘'(z + w) = -m (℘(z + w) - ℘(z)) - ℘'(z) with m = (℘'(z) - ℘'(w)) / (℘(z) - ℘(w)): the points
(℘(z), ℘'(z)), (℘(w), ℘'(w)) and (℘(z + w), -℘'(z + w)) lie on a line of slope m.
The group law #
The addition law. The point map z ↦ (℘(z), ℘'(z) / 2) (sending Λ to the point at
infinity) is additive: P(z + w) = P(z) + P(w) in the group of points of the Weierstrass curve.
The point map z ↦ (℘(z), ℘'(z) / 2) as a group homomorphism from ℂ to the points of the
Weierstrass curve of L.
Instances For
The kernel of the point map is the period lattice.
The complex uniformization ℂ / Λ ≃+ E_Λ(ℂ), induced by the point map
z ↦ (℘(z), ℘'(z) / 2) (PeriodPair.weierstrassPoint), which is a surjective group homomorphism
with kernel Λ.