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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2005 iii Paper 32 2 iv Solution by
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For a Short Weierstrass form , use and . Both curves have , so in . For , gives ; for , gives . ThusThe j-invariant of an elliptic curve is preserved by every isomorphism over the algebraic closure. Since these values differ, the two curves are not geometrically isomorphic, even though the preceding part gives a degree-two elliptic isogeny.
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