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Choose an oriented basis ${\omega }_1,{\omega }_2$ of the period lattice, so $\mathrm{Im}({\omega }_2/{\omega }_1)>0$. The Weierstrass elliptic function is constructed by the normally convergent seriesOn compact sets away from the lattice the summands are $O(|\omega {|}^{-3})$, which is summable over a plane lattice. It is even, has double poles at the lattice with zero residues, and is periodic. To check periodicity without splitting divergent series, differentiate termwise: ${\wp }^{\prime }(z)=-2{\sum }_{\omega \in \Lambda }(z-\omega {)}^{-3}$ is invariant under lattice shifts. Hence $\wp (z+{\omega }_j)-\wp (z)$ is constant; evenness evaluated at $z=-{\omega }_j/2$ makes this constant zero.

The Weierstrass sigma function is the canonical productIts logarithmic tails are likewise $O(|\omega {|}^{-3})$, so it defines an entire function with simple zeros exactly at the lattice and ${\sigma }^{\prime }(0)=1$. Pairing opposite lattice factors makes it odd. Its logarithmic derivative is the Weierstrass zeta functionThus ${\eta }_j=\zeta (z+{\omega }_j)-\zeta (z)$ is constant. Integrating this identity and evaluating the sigma ratio at $z=-{\omega }_j/2$ givesIntegration of zeta around a fundamental cell, containing one pole of residue one, gives the Legendre relation for Weierstrass quasi-periods ${\eta }_1{\omega }_2-{\eta }_2{\omega }_1=2\pi i$. These formulas explain why sigma itself is not an elliptic function, but balanced products of translates can be.

For completeness, the basic algebraic property of wp is $({\wp }^{\prime }{)}^2=4{\wp }^3-g_2\wp -g_3$, where $g_2=60{\sum }_{\omega \ne 0}{\omega }^{-4}$ and $g_3=140{\sum }_{\omega \ne 0}{\omega }^{-6}$. The identity follows by canceling the principal parts using the Laurent expansion: the difference is an entire elliptic function, hence constant, and its constant term is zero. The discriminant is nonzero; equivalently the three half-period values are distinct. These properties lead to the cubic embedding in 2(ii).

Now let $F$ be a nonzero meromorphic function on the torus and lift it to a periodic meromorphic function on the plane. Its logarithmic derivative $g=F^{\prime }/F$ is periodic. Choose a fundamental parallelogram with no zero or pole on its boundary. The residue theorem applied to $g$ gives equality of the total zero and pole multiplicities. Applied to $zg$, it gives the difference of the sums of the zero and pole lifts. Pairing opposite edges explicitly yieldsEach integral of $F^{\prime }/F$ on the right is $2\pi i$ times an integer, since its endpoint values of $F$ coincide and the image path avoids zero. Therefore the zero sum and pole sum agree in $\mathbb{C}/\Lambda$.

Conversely, suppose the point sums agree modulo the lattice. Change one chosen lift of a point by a lattice element so the two sums agree exactly in $\mathbb{C}$; this changes no point of the torus. Thenhas the prescribed divisor. Its multiplier under either basis period is $\exp ({\eta }_j(\sum Q_i-\sum P_i))=1$, so it descends to the torus. Repetitions contribute their appropriate multiplicities. This proves the principality criterion on a complex elliptic curve:There is an implicit qualification in the wording about separate zero and pole divisors: their supports must be disjoint. If a point occurs on both lists, cancel common multiplicities first when prescribing the divisor difference. A function cannot simultaneously have a zero and a pole at the same point; for example identical one-point lists satisfy the sum condition but do not specify separate zero and pole divisors. For $n=0$, any nonzero constant supplies the empty divisor.