Rational torsion of a congruent number curve
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For nonzero integral , the elliptic curve has rational torsion precisely . At every good prime , cancellation of the Legendre symbols at and gives . The torsion-freeness of the formal group over Qp for odd p makes the rational torsion subgroup inject into this group. The Dirichlet theorem on primes in arithmetic progressions excludes odd factors of its order and bounds its two-primary part by four. The four displayed rational 2-torsion points then give equality.
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