The zeros of ℘′ and the factorization of ℘′² #
Statements from chapter 1 of Milla (arXiv:1809.00533v6, file 060_ElliptFunct.tex):
PeriodPair.e₁,PeriodPair.e₂,PeriodPair.e₃: the half-lattice valuese₁ = ℘(ω₁/2),e₂ = ℘(ω₂/2),e₃ = ℘((ω₁+ω₂)/2)(paperpstrichprod);- the zeros of
℘'are exactly the half-periods modL(paperzerowp); - the factorization
℘'(z)² = 4(℘(z)-e₁)(℘(z)-e₂)(℘(z)-e₃)with pairwise distincte₁, e₂, e₃(paperpstrichprod).
These results are proved here elementarily; the distinctness of e₁, e₂, e₃ and the
characterisation of the zeros of ℘' use the third Liouville theorem (from
LeanPool.Chudnovsky.Liouville) as a pinned interface.
The third half-lattice value e₃ = ℘((ω₁+ω₂)/2) (paper pstrichprod).
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Zeros of ℘′ (paper zerowp) #
℘' vanishes at every half-lattice point l/2 for l ∈ L.
This is purely algebraic: ℘' is odd and L-periodic, so
℘'(l/2) = ℘'(l/2 - l) = ℘'(-l/2) = -℘'(l/2).
℘' vanishes at the half-period ω₁/2.
℘' vanishes at the half-period ω₂/2.
℘' vanishes at the half-period (ω₁+ω₂)/2.
Auxiliary lemmas for the Liouville counting arguments #
The only lattice point of the fundamental parallelogram is 0.
℘ - c has a pole of order 2 at each lattice point.
℘ - c is an elliptic function.
Counting bound from the third Liouville theorem: the elliptic function ℘ - c
has, counted with multiplicity, at most 2 zeros in the fundamental parallelogram, since
it has a single double pole (at 0). Concretely, for any finite set A of non-lattice
points of the fundamental parallelogram at which ℘ = c, the multiplicities add up to at
most 2.
At a point a ∉ L where ℘ a = c and ℘' a = 0, the function ℘ - c has a zero of
order at least 2.
The factorization of ℘′² (paper pstrichprod) #
(ω₁+ω₂)/2 is not a lattice point.
If two half-period points of the fundamental parallelogram are distinct, ℘ takes
different values there (both are double zeros of ℘ - value, and ℘ - c has at most a
double zero, by the counting bound).
The factorization ℘'(z)² = 4(℘(z)-e₁)(℘(z)-e₂)(℘(z)-e₃) (paper pstrichprod).
Characterisation of the zeros of ℘' (paper zerowp) #
Every point of ℂ is congruent modulo L to a point of the fundamental
parallelogram.
The zeros of ℘' are exactly the points ω/2 with ω ∈ L but ω/2 ∉ L, i.e. for
z ∉ L we have ℘'(z) = 0 iff 2z ∈ L (paper zerowp).