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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2003 iii Paper 21 2 a Solution by
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For each , count the roots of , and add the identity at infinity. A nonzero quadratic residue gives two roots, zero gives one, and a nonsquare gives none. Equivalently, with the Legendre symbol extended by ,The numbers of affine values, in increasing order starting at zero, areso the answer isAll four reductions are smooth algebraic curves: the original PDF gives the elliptic-curve discriminant , so these odd primes are primes of good reduction.
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