The local pp-parity formula for elliptic curves with a pp-isogeny

Let K{\mathcal K} be a local field of characteristic zero, and let E/KE/{\mathcal K} be an elliptic curve admitting a K{\mathcal K}-rational isogeny ϕ:EE\phi:E\to E' of prime degree pp. Define

σϕ(E/K)=(1)ordp#cokerϕK#kerϕK,\sigma_\phi(E/{\mathcal K})=(-1)^{\operatorname{ord}_p\frac{\#\operatorname{coker}\phi_{\mathcal K}}{\#\ker\phi_{\mathcal K}}},

where ϕK\phi_{\mathcal K} is the induced map on K{\mathcal K}-rational points. If p2p\ne2, let K(kerϕ){\mathcal K}(\ker\phi) be the field obtained by adjoining the coordinates of points in kerϕ\ker\phi.

Local pp-parity formula. If p2p\ne2, then

w(E/K)=σϕ(E/K)(1,K(kerϕ)/K).w(E/{\mathcal K})=\sigma_\phi(E/{\mathcal K})(-1,{\mathcal K}(\ker\phi)/{\mathcal K}).

If p=2p=2 and EE has a model y2=x3+ax2+bxy^2=x^3+ax^2+bx with kerϕ={O,(0,0)}\ker\phi=\{O,(0,0)\}, then

w(E/K)=σϕ(E/K){(a,b)K(2a,a24b)K,a0,(2,b)K,a=0.w(E/{\mathcal K})=\sigma_\phi(E/{\mathcal K})\begin{cases}(a,-b)_{\mathcal K}(-2a,a^2-4b)_{\mathcal K},&a\ne0,\\(-2,-b)_{\mathcal K},&a=0.\end{cases}

These identities are local formulas used to prove the pp-parity conjecture in the isogeny cases p=2p=2 and 33, and the paper establishes them in characteristic zero.

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Primary source

Tim Dokchitser and Vladimir Dokchitser, “Root numbers and parity of ranks of elliptic curves”, arXiv:0906.1815 (2009).

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