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Steinitz class of Mordell–Weil groups of elliptic curves with complex multiplication

Tong Liu and Xianke Zhang

Vol. 193 (2000), No. 2, 371–379
Abstract

Let E be an elliptic curve having Complex Multiplication by the ring 𝒪K of integers of K = Q(√ − D-), let H = K(j(E)) be the Hilbert class field of K. Then the Mordell–Weil group E(H) is an 𝒪K-module. Its Steinitz class St(E) is studied here. In particular, when D is a prime number, St(E) is determined: If D 3 (mod 4) then St(E) = 1; if D 1 (mod 4) then St(E) = [𝒫]t, where 𝒫 is any prime-ideal factor of 2 in K, [𝒫] the ideal class of K represented by 𝒫,  t is a fixed integer. In addition, general structure for modules over Dedekind domain is also discussed. These results develop the results by D. Dummit and W. Miller for D = 10 and specific elliptic curves to more general D and general elliptic curves.

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Received: 3 September 1998
Revised: 10 February 1999
Published: 1 April 2000
Authors
Tong Liu
Tsinghua University
Beijing 100084
P.R. China
Xianke Zhang
Tsinghua University
Beijing 100084
P.R. China