Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2023/iii/paper-125/5/b/solution

For , the addition formulas give
In particular, and has order four, while the nonintegral coordinate of and part (a) show that has infinite order.
For two-isogeny descent, write
The rational point is the kernel of a degree-two isogeny . The square-class maps send an affine point with to , send to , and send to or on the two curves. Their images determine the rank through
Here
On , the possible square classes divide ; real solubility excludes the negative classes, while and exhibit and . Thus . On , the points
exhibit the classes , along with . The remaining candidate classes are divisible by . Their homogeneous spaces
have no primitive solution modulo : reduction modulo first forces , and then the equation is congruent to or modulo . Hence
The rank formula gives , so .
At the good primes and , direct counts give
The reduction of torsion points on an elliptic curve injects rational torsion into both groups, so its order divides . Since has order four, the torsion subgroup is . Therefore
so , , and .

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