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Over F2​, both x=0,1 give x3−x=0, and both y=0,1 give y2+y=0. There are four affine rational points, together with the point O at infinity. Over F3​, each x=0,1,2 gives x3−x=0, while precisely y=0,2 solve y2+y=0. Thus
#E(F2​)=5,#E(F3​)=7.​
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Both reductions are nonsingular by the discriminant calculation, so these are the point counts of the reduced elliptic curves, with their group laws.

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