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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 iii Paper 125 2 a Solution by
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If , square-freeness gives the cuspidal reduction . Its nonsingular group is isomorphic to the additive group , so it is cyclic of order .
Suppose . The reduction is an elliptic curve. Since , is a quadratic nonresidue. Pairing with in the quadratic-character sum and usingshows that the two contributions cancel. Therefore . The three roots are distinct, so the full 2-torsion is rational. A cyclic group has at most two elements killed by , hence is noncyclic. Thus
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