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Past exam of the analytic number theory and elliptic curves course of the University of Oxford 2007 B 8 iii Solution by
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If , choose with . The cubic has the three distinct roots , so all four two-torsion points are rational over . They form a subgroup of order four, hence by Lagrange's theorem.
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