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Determining Elliptic Curve Components

asked 2018-11-14 03:02:38 +0100

octonion gravatar image

Say we have an elliptic curve:

R.<a,b,c> = QQ[]
cubic = a*(a+c)*(a+b)+b*(b+c)*(a+b)+c*(b+c)*(a+c)-4*(a+b)*(a+c)*(b+c)
E = EllipticCurve_from_cubic(cubic, morphism=False)
print(E)
print(E.minimal_model())

f = EllipticCurve_from_cubic(cubic, morphism=True)
finv = f.inverse()
generators = E.gens()

print
print("generators = %s" %(generators))

Output:

Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + x*y = x^3 + 69*x^2 + 1365*x + 8281 over Rational Field
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + x*y + y = x^3 - 234*x + 1352 over Rational Field

generators = [(-39 : 52 : 1)]

How do we determine which of the two elliptic curve components a particular point is on? If we had this elliptic curve in the form $y^2 = x^3 + 109 x^2 + 234 x$ it'd be quite simple (if $x<0$ it's on the egg). Is there a nice way to automate this process in SageMath? For example, in this case the generator is on the egg.

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answered 2018-11-14 14:48:39 +0100

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updated 2018-11-14 18:48:55 +0100

We can consider the Weierstrass equation $f(x,y) = 0$ (which is quadratic in $y$) and ask when the discriminant with respect to $y$ (which is a polynomial in $x$) is nonnegative (so that there is a real solution):

E = EllipticCurve([1,69,0,1365,8281])
f = E.defining_polynomial().subs({f.parent().gen(2) : 1})
R.<x> = QQ[]
S.<y> = R[]
discr = S(f).discriminant()
components = solve(SR(discr) >= 0, x)

This gives a list of intervals, which describe the real connected components:

[[x >= -13/8*sqrt(65) - 221/8, x <= 13/8*sqrt(65) - 221/8], [x >= -14]]

You can ask to which one a certain point P belongs:

P = E.gens()[0]
px = P.xy()[0];
component_index = [all(bool(eqn.subs(x=px)) for eqn in component) for component in components].index(True)
print('The point {} lies on component {}'.format(P, components[component_index]))

In this case:

The point (-39 : 52 : 1) lies on component [x >= -13/8*sqrt(65) - 221/8, x <= 13/8*sqrt(65) - 221/8]
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Thanks! I found a slightly different method involving calculating the short Weierstrass form, then manually building and finding the roots of the cubic from the a2, a4 and a6 coefficients. But your method is much nicer and more general, and is greatly appreciated!

octonion gravatar imageoctonion ( 2018-11-14 21:44:43 +0100 )edit
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answered 2020-05-28 18:26:10 +0100

John Cremona gravatar image

If P is the generator, use this:

sage: P.is_on_identity_component()
False

You can also see it with E.plot()+P.plot()!

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Thanks John!

octonion gravatar imageoctonion ( 2022-01-27 05:07:10 +0100 )edit

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