Winkelmann's isogeny criterion for algebraic multiplicative quotients

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Let α1,α2∈C\alpha_1,\alpha_2\in\mathbb C be algebraic numbers with

∣αi∣>1.|\alpha_i|>1.

Let

Ei=C∗/{αik:k∈Z}.E_i=\mathbb C^*/\{\alpha_i^k:k\in\mathbb Z\}.

Two nonzero complex numbers are multiplicatively dependent if there are integers (m,n)≠(0,0)(m,n)\ne(0,0) such that α1mα2n=1\alpha_1^m\alpha_2^n=1. Winkelmann's isogeny criterion. The curves E1E_1 and E2E_2 are isogenous if and only if α1\alpha_1 and α2\alpha_2 are multiplicatively dependent. The paper states this criterion as a conjecture and explains that it is equivalent to a formulation involving GL2+(Q)GL_2^+(\mathbb Q)- and B+(Q)B^+(\mathbb Q)-orbits; it proves the criterion assuming Schanuel's conjecture.

References

Primary source

Joerg Winkelmann, “On Elliptic Curves in SL_2(C)/Γ, Schanuel's conjecture and geodesic lengths”, arXiv:math/0204195 (2003).

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