Galois cohomology of an elliptic curve
ID: galois-cohomology-of-an-elliptic-curve
For an elliptic curve , regard as a discrete Galois module for the absolute Galois group . Its continuous Galois cohomology has ; classifies torsors under . For an integer invertible in , the Kummer exact sequence of an elliptic curve gives . If , the first map sends to . Changing changes the cocycle by a coboundary; this class vanishes exactly when has a division point over .
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