 Solution

Apply the dual isogeny degree identity to $1-\varphi$. Its dual is $1-\hat{\varphi }$, soRearrangement givesThe right side is multiplication by an integer, proving the assertion. In particular the trace of an elliptic-curve endomorphism isThe argument includes $\varphi =0$ and $\varphi =1$ with the zero-map convention. Multiplying $\hat{\varphi }=[t]-\varphi$ by $\varphi$ also yields the useful characteristic relation