Prime-two torsion bound for good reduction

ID: prime-two-torsion-bound-for-good-reduction

For an elliptic curve with good reduction over , let be the reduction kernel and its formal subgroup with parameter in . The deep logarithm subgroup of a formal group makes torsion-free, while . Thus the torsion of the reduction kernel has order at most . Combined with the Hasse theorem for elliptic curves, rational torsion of order forces bad reduction at .

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