Coefficient-divisibility identities for short Tate equations #
This file records internal substitution identities for a short Weierstrass polynomial
F(X, Y) = Y^2 - X^3 - a₄ X - a₆. A bundled witness records chosen powers of an element
dividing a₄ and a₆.
The first three identities remove two factors from the total transform when
a₄ = ϖ A₁ and a₆ = ϖ² B₂. The remaining identities are the four weighted substitutions
used later in the tame Tate case split. They remain private until such a case has a checked
consumer. These are only polynomial identities: no universal property, regularity statement,
or strict-transform claim is made here. The public result is the coordinate-divisibility
consequence currently needed as the next route handoff.
Coordinate-divisibility handoff. On a short equation over a DVR, suppose an integral point
specializes to the cusp. If a₄ ∈ 𝔪² and a₆ ∈ 𝔪³, then its Y-coordinate lies in 𝔪².
After writing X = ϖ X₁ and Y = ϖ Y₁, the two-factor identity reduces modulo ϖ to
Y₁² = 0. The residue field is a domain, hence Y₁ also vanishes modulo ϖ.