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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2012 iii Paper 18 2 iv Solution by
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A holomorphic group endomorphism of the complex torus lifts to multiplication by a scalar , as in Question 1. It descends exactly when . Applying this condition to gives . Conversely any Gaussian integer preserves , since the latter is a ring. Addition of endomorphisms is addition of scalars, and composition is multiplication of scalars. Thus, as rings,The wording “endomorphism algebra” here denotes this integral endomorphism ring of an elliptic curve. If it instead meant the rational algebra , that algebra would be .
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