Reduction of a point of order thirteen #
Let P = (0, 0) be the marked point on the Tate normal form
y² + (1-c)xy - by = x³ - bx².
If P has exact order 13, then 7P = -6P; in particular, the two points have the
same X-coordinate. The checked formulas for 6P and 7P turn this equality into
(b-c) B³ + bc A³ C = 0,
where
A = c² + c - b,B = b² - bc - c³, andC = 2b² - bc² - 3bc + c².
All factors used as denominators are proved nonzero from exact order, rather than discarded during simplification.
The substitutions
r = b/c, s = c²/(b-c)
then give the affine plane model
r³ + (-s⁴ + 5s³ - 9s² + 4s - 2)r² + (-s³ + 6s² - 3s + 1)r - s³ = 0.
This file proves the forward reduction only. It does not classify the rational points of this genus-two modular curve.
The denominator-safe Tate-parameter polynomial forced by exact order 13.
It is obtained by equating the checked X-coordinates of 6P and 7P.
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- MazurTorsion.Kubert.orderThirteenPolynomial b c = (b - c) * MazurTorsion.Kubert.tateSixNumerator b c ^ 3 + b * c * (c ^ 2 + c - b) ^ 3 * MazurTorsion.Kubert.tateSevenAux b c
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The reduced affine X₁(13) polynomial in the coordinates
r = b/c and s = c²/(b-c).
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Exact order 13 of the marked Tate point forces the denominator-safe
X₁(13) parameter polynomial to vanish.
Substituting b = rs(r-1) and c = s(r-1) factors the Tate polynomial as
s⁷(r-1)¹¹ times the reduced polynomial.
The forward rational change of variables from the Tate certificate to the reduced affine model, including the inverse identities needed to justify the substitution and the inherited noncuspidal conditions.
An exact rational point of order 13 produces both the denominator-safe Tate
certificate and a noncuspidal rational point on the reduced affine X₁(13) model.