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This elliptic curve has torsion subgroup $\{O,(0,0),(2,0),(10,0)\}\cong (\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}{)}^2$ and the infinite-order point $(1,3)$. Good-reduction point counts at three and eleven are four and sixteen, which bound the torsion order by four using reduction of torsion points on an elliptic curve. Doubling $(1,3)$ gives $(361/36,-323/216)$; after the shift $X=x-4$ to $y^2=X^3-28X-48$, its nonintegral coordinate proves nontorsion by the Nagell–Lutz theorem. The two-isogeny formula gives the partner $Y^2=X^3+24X^2+64X$. The first two-torsion square-class homomorphism has image $\{1,2,5,10\}$, while the second has image $\{1,-1\}$ by the signed divisor-two obstruction for an isogeny covering. The two-isogeny rank formula therefore gives $2^r=4\cdot 2/4=2$, so the rank is one. The argument does not determine the index of the subgroup generated by $(1,3)$.

The two-torsion square-class homomorphism on $E$ has candidate classes $\{1,-1,17,-17\}$ by the prime-support bound in two-isogeny descent. The identity, $(0,0)$ and $(-1,4)$ realize $1,-17,-1$, so multiplicativity gives all four. The two-isogeny formula companion $E^{\prime }:y^2=x^3+68x$ has only positive candidate classes $\{1,2,17,34\}$; $(0,0)$ realizes $[68]=17$ and $(2,12)$ realizes $2$. Thus both images have order four, and the two-isogeny rank formula gives $2^r=4\cdot 4/4=4$. The rank of an elliptic curve is therefore two, without any unresolved covering class.

For $E:y^2=x^3+x$, the two-torsion square-class homomorphism has image $\{1\}$: prime-support bounds allow only $\pm 1$, and every nonzero affine $x$ is positive. Its two-isogeny formula companion $E^{\prime }:y^2=x^3-4x$ has possible image classes $\{1,-1,2,-2\}$, all realized by its rational two-torsion. The two-isogeny rank formula gives $2^r=1\cdot 4/4=1$, so the rank is zero.

For this elliptic curve, the two-isogeny formula gives the partner $E^{\prime }:Y^2=X^3+14X^2+X$. The prime-support bound in two-isogeny descent and positivity of nonzero rational $x$ restrict the first square class image to $1,2,3,6$. The identity and the rational points $(2,2),(0,0),(6,6)$ realize these classes. The partner image is contained in $\{1,-1\}$, and the negative unit obstruction for the fourteen-coefficient isogeny cover excludes $-1$. The two-isogeny rank formula therefore gives $2^r=4\cdot 1/4=1$.

For $C:y^2=x^3+\alpha x^2-\alpha x$, $\alpha \in \mathbb{Z}\setminus \{0,-4\}$, the two-isogeny formula companion is $D:v^2=u(u^2-2\alpha u+\alpha (\alpha +4))$. With the positive-sign standard isogenies, the two preimages of $(1,1)$ under the dual are $(\alpha ,-2\alpha )$ and $(\alpha +4,2(\alpha +4))$. The two-torsion square-class homomorphism on $D$ detects membership in the image of the forward isogeny of elliptic curves by the class of $u$. Thus either preimage lifts precisely when its first coordinate is a rational square. Their being integers turns rational squareness into integer squareness.

For the two-isogeny formula $\varphi :E\to E^{\prime }$ over a number field, the two-torsion square-class homomorphisms have kernels $\hat{\varphi }{E}^{\prime }(K)$ and $\varphi E(K)$. ConsequentlyIndeed $2E(K)=\hat{\varphi }\varphi E(K)$, and the surjection from $E^{\prime }(K)/\varphi E(K)$ to $\hat{\varphi }{E}^{\prime }(K)/2E(K)$ has kernel $\ker \hat{\varphi }/(\ker \hat{\varphi }\cap \varphi E(K))$. Combined with the Mordell-Weil theorem, the index is $2^r\#E(K)[2]$, where $r$ is the rank of an abelian group. This formula prevents an erroneous extra factor of two in an isogeny descent.