For an elliptic curve over a finite field of characteristic , its rational-point group is finite and abelian. Prime-to-characteristic geometric torsion bounds every other prime-torsion dimension by two. Multiplication by has degree and inseparable degree at least , so the -torsion dimension is at most one. The structure theorem for finite abelian groups therefore gives two cyclic factors with and .
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