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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2003 / iii / Paper 21 / 3 / b

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The supplied integral equation has elliptic-curve discriminant Δ=−11. It therefore has good reduction at every p=11. At eleven its discriminant has valuation one. Under a change of Weierstrass equation of an elliptic curve, discriminant valuations differ by a multiple of twelve. A good integral model would have valuation zero, which is impossible. This is the discriminant valuation obstruction to good reduction; it also shows the displayed model is minimal at eleven. Hence
The good primes are precisely all primes except 11.​
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