OurBigBook About$ Donate
 Sign in Sign up

Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2005 / iii / Paper 32 / 2 / iv

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Mathematics course of the University of Cambridge Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2005 iii Paper 32 2
2026-10-03  0 By others on same topic  0 Discussions Create my own version
  • Table of contents
    • Solution iv

Solution

 0  0
iv
For a Short Weierstrass form y2=x3+Ax+B, use c4​=−48A and Δ=−16(4A3+27B2). Both curves have A=−1, so c4​=48=3 in F5​. For E1​, B=0 gives Δ1​=64=4; for E2​, B=1 gives Δ2​=−368=2. Thus
j(E1​)=33/4=3,j(E2​)=33/2=1in F5​.​
(1)
The j-invariant of an elliptic curve is preserved by every isomorphism over the algebraic closure. Since these values differ, the two curves are not geometrically isomorphic, even though the preceding part gives a degree-two elliptic isogeny.

 Ancestors (10)

  1. 2
  2. Paper 32
  3. iii
  4. 2005
  5. Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
  6. Mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
  7. Course of the University of Cambridge
  8. University of Cambridge
  9. List of universities
  10.  Home

 View article source

 Discussion (0) New discussion

There are no discussions about this article yet.

 Articles by others on the same topic (0)

There are currently no matching articles.
  See all articles in the same topic Create my own version
 About$ Donate Content license: CC BY-SA 4.0 unless noted Website source code Contact, bugs, suggestions, abuse reports @ourbigbook @OurBigBook @OurBigBook