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EllipticCurves.WeierstrassFormalGroup.Filtration

The formal point, the filtration, and the structure of E(K_v) #

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Building on the valuation estimates, this file constructs the point (t/w(t), -1/w(t)) of E(K_v) attached to an š”Ŗ-point of the formal group (formalPoint), proves the parametrization is additive, and defines the filtration E_{n+1}(K_v) of points whose x-coordinate has a pole of order at least 2(n+1). It then proves torsion-freeness of the kernel of reduction E₁(K_v) under the standard ramification condition, that every filtration step has finite index, and the structure theorem: E(K_v) has a finite-index subgroup isomorphic to (š’Ŗ_v, +).

The parametrized point of the kernel of reduction attached to a parameter t ∈ š”Ŗ, t ≠ 0, is nonsingular.

The point of the kernel of reduction attached to an š”Ŗ-point of the formal group of the integral model Wā‚€: the parameter t gives the affine point (t/w(t), -1/w(t)), and t = 0 gives the point at infinity.

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    For an elliptic curve W over K_v with an integral model Wā‚€ and n : ā„•, the subgroup E_{n+1}(K_v) of points (x, y) with exp (2 * (n + 1)) ≤ v(x) (a pole of order at least 2(n + 1) at x, together with 0); this is the kernel of reduction modulo š”Ŗ^(n+1), isomorphic to the group Ê(š”Ŗ^(n+1)) of points of the formal group of Wā‚€ (Silverman, VII.2.2). Closure under addition comes from the formal group: both summands are parametrized by š”Ŗ^(n+1)-parameters, and the addition series preserves that level.

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      Every point of the kernel of reduction comes from a parameter in š”Ŗ: the parametrization by the š”Ŗ-points of the formal group is surjective onto filtration hW 0.

      The š”Ŗ-points of the formal group law of an integral model Wā‚€ of W are the kernel of reduction E₁(K_v) = filtration hW 0, via z ↦ (x, y) with x = z/w(z), y = -1/w(z); the equivalence matches the filtration by valuation on both sides (Silverman, VII.2.2).

      The kernel of reduction is torsion-free under the standard ramification condition (Silverman VII.3.1(b)/VII.3.4): if the residue characteristic p satisfies (p : š’Ŗ_v) āˆ‰ š”Ŗ^(p-1) — that is, e < p āˆ’ 1 for the absolute ramification index e — then E₁(K_v) contains no nonzero point of finite order. Consequently the torsion of E(K_v) (and of any subgroup, such as the image of E(K)) injects into the reduction E(K_v)/E₁(K_v).

      The kernel of reduction has finite index in E(K_v): the complement consists of integral points, which a compactness argument covers by finitely many congruence neighbourhoods.

      Each step of the valuation filtration on the points of an elliptic curve over K_v has finite index, by induction: each step has finite index in the previous one (relIndex_filtration_succ_ne_zero), and the 0-th step has finite index in E(K_v).

      Some step of the valuation filtration on the points of an elliptic curve over K_v is isomorphic to the additive group of š’Ŗ_v: for š”Ŗ^k past the ramification of the residue characteristic, the scaled formal logarithm identifies Ê(š”Ŗ^k) with (š”Ŗ^k, +) ≅ (š’Ŗ_v, +) (Silverman, IV.6.4).

      The group of points of an elliptic curve over the completion K_v (a characteristic-0 local field with finite residue field) has a subgroup of finite index that is isomorphic to the additive group of the valuation ring š’Ŗ_v.

      This is the structure theorem coming from the formal group of the curve: pass to an integral model and take a suitable step of the valuation filtration.