On l-th roots and division by l

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Main Authors: Miret, Josep M., Pujolàs, Jordi, Thériault, Nicolas
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author Miret, Josep M.
Pujolàs, Jordi
Thériault, Nicolas
author_facet Miret, Josep M.
Pujolàs, Jordi
Thériault, Nicolas
contents We give a characterization of the codomain $[\ell]E(k)$ of the multiplication-by-$\ell$ map $[\ell]$ in the case of elliptic curves over a field $k$ of characteristic $\ne 2,3$ with $\ell$-torsion $E[\ell]=\langle W_1,W_2 \rangle$ fully defined over $k$, for primes $\ell$ different from the characteristic. We show that a point $Q\in E(k)$ lies in $[\ell]E(k)$ if and only if $h_{W_1}(-Q)$ and $h_{W_2}(-Q)$ are $\ell$-powers of $k$, where $h_{W_1}$ and $h_{W_2}$ are functions on $E$ with divisor ${\rm div}(h_{W_i})=\ell W_i- \ell P_{\infty}$. Our characterization leads to an effective procedure to find pre-images of $[\ell]$ by solving an order $\ell$ system of linear equations and computing a polynomial gcd.
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spellingShingle On l-th roots and division by l
Miret, Josep M.
Pujolàs, Jordi
Thériault, Nicolas
Number Theory
11G20 (Primary) 14H52, 14G50 (Secondary)
We give a characterization of the codomain $[\ell]E(k)$ of the multiplication-by-$\ell$ map $[\ell]$ in the case of elliptic curves over a field $k$ of characteristic $\ne 2,3$ with $\ell$-torsion $E[\ell]=\langle W_1,W_2 \rangle$ fully defined over $k$, for primes $\ell$ different from the characteristic. We show that a point $Q\in E(k)$ lies in $[\ell]E(k)$ if and only if $h_{W_1}(-Q)$ and $h_{W_2}(-Q)$ are $\ell$-powers of $k$, where $h_{W_1}$ and $h_{W_2}$ are functions on $E$ with divisor ${\rm div}(h_{W_i})=\ell W_i- \ell P_{\infty}$. Our characterization leads to an effective procedure to find pre-images of $[\ell]$ by solving an order $\ell$ system of linear equations and computing a polynomial gcd.
title On l-th roots and division by l
topic Number Theory
11G20 (Primary) 14H52, 14G50 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.06619