Orthogonality conjecture for points on the cubic elliptic-curve family

Let a1a\geq 1 be an integer and 0dQ0\neq d\in\mathbb Q such that f(X)+d2f(X)+d^2 has distinct roots, where ff and its roots ρ,ρ2,ρ3\rho,\rho_2,\rho_3, the splitting field LfL_f, and the elliptic curve EE are as in Theorem~. Define P1=(ρ,d,1)P_1=(\rho,d,1), P2=(ρ2,d,1)P_2=(\rho_2,d,1), and P3=(ρ3,d,1)P_3=(\rho_3,d,1). The orthogonality conjecture. For 1ij31\leq i\neq j\leq 3, the points Pi+PjP_i+P_j and PiPjP_i-P_j are always orthogonal for the canonical height pairing on E(Lf)E(L_f); in particular, E(Lf)E(L_f) has rank at least two. The claim is motivated by computations and follows a theorem giving rank at least two under different hypotheses; the source does not establish the asserted universal orthogonality.

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Kirti Joshi, “Methods for constructing elliptic and hyperelliptic curves with rational points”, arXiv:1711.06242 (2018).

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