The point-group quotient attached to a rational cyclic subgroup #
A cyclic subgroup C of order N is killed by multiplication by N.
Consequently multiplication by N on the ambient rational point group
descends through the quotient by C. If
π : A → A ⧸ C,
the descended map π dual : A ⧸ C → A satisfies
dual ∘ π = [N] and π ∘ dual = [N].
These are the point-group identities expected from an isogeny and its dual.
They are useful compatibility conditions for the future elliptic quotient in
the X₀(N) moduli construction. This file does not claim that the abstract
quotient group is represented by an elliptic curve or construct a quotient
group scheme.
The abstract quotient of the rational point group by the supplied cyclic subgroup. Representability by an elliptic quotient remains separate geometry.
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- C.PointQuotient = (A ⧸ C.carrier)
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The canonical projection to the point-group quotient.
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The point-group quotient projection is surjective.
The kernel of the point-group quotient projection is exactly the supplied cyclic subgroup.
Every element of a cyclic subgroup of cardinality N is killed by
multiplication by N.
Multiplication by N descended through the quotient by C.
For an elliptic quotient this is the rational-point map expected from the dual isogeny.
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- C.dualMap = QuotientAddGroup.lift C.carrier (nsmulAddMonoidHom N) ⋯
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The descended dual after the quotient projection is multiplication by
N on the ambient point group.
The quotient projection after the descended dual is multiplication by
N on the quotient point group.
The kernel of the descended dual is the image in A/C of the full
N-torsion kernel in A.
Modulo the intrinsic subgroup of order d, a generator of a cyclic
subgroup of order N has exact order N / d.
The upper bound follows because (N / d) • C.generator generates the
divisor subgroup. For the reverse divisibility, the descended dual map
sends the quotient class to d • C.generator, which already has order
N / d.
Transport the point-group quotient along an isomorphism of ambient point groups.
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- C.mapPointQuotient e = QuotientAddGroup.congr C.carrier (C.map e).carrier e ⋯
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Transport of the quotient sends the class of x to the class of
e x.
The descended dual multiplication map is natural under transport of the ambient point group.
The abstract quotient of the rational point group attached to a split
Γ₀(N) datum.
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The point-group quotient projection attached to a split rational modular datum.
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The descended multiplication map attached to a split rational modular datum.
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A real RationalDatum consumer of the quotient/dual API: composing the
two point maps in the ambient direction is multiplication by the level.
In the quotient direction the same two maps also compose to multiplication by the level.
The point-group isomorphism used by an admissible change of Weierstrass variables.
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An admissible change of Weierstrass variables transports the point-group quotient attached to the cyclic subgroup.
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The variable-change quotient equivalence commutes with the canonical quotient projections.
The variable-change quotient equivalence also commutes with the descended dual multiplication map.