The no-large-prime coincidence conjecture for elliptic curves

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Let pp be a prime, and let a pp-coincidence be an equality of division fields

Q(E[j])=Q(E[pj]).\mathbb{Q}(\mathcal{E}[j])=\mathbb{Q}(\mathcal{E}[pj]).

The no-large-prime coincidence conjecture. If p≥5p\geq 5, then there are no non-CM elliptic curves E\mathcal{E} over Q\mathbb{Q} with a pp-coincidence. This is a more focused formulation of the claim that only the primes 22 and 33 can occur; it remains open in the supplied text.

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Alexander Milner and Jack Shotton, “The Smallest Invariant Factor of Elliptic Curves, and Coincidences”, arXiv:2604.21601 (2026).

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