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Rational torsion of a congruent number curve (ED​(Q)tors​≅(Z/2Z)2)

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For nonzero integral D, the elliptic curve ED​:y2=x3−D2x has rational torsion precisely O,(0,0),(D,0),(−D,0). At every good prime p≡3(mod4), cancellation of the Legendre symbols at x and −x gives #ED​(Fp​)=p+1. 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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