Stability of torsion subgroups of elliptic curves over non-Galois extensions of odd prime degree

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Main Authors: Im, Bo-Hae, Kim, Hansol
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Kim, Hansol
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Kim, Hansol
contents Let $K$ be a field of characteristic $0$ and $E/K$ an elliptic curve over $K$. For a finite extension $L/K$ and a prime~$\ell$, we provide Galois-theoretic sufficient conditions on $L/K$ under which $E\left(L\right)\left[\ell^{\infty}\right] = E\left(K\right)\left[\ell^{\infty}\right]$. For a non-Galois extension $L/K$ of prime degree, we relate the growth of the $\ell^{\infty}$-torsion subgroup of $E$ under the base change $L/K$ to the image of the mod-$\ell$ cyclotomic character. In particular, In particular, we refine Gonz{á}lez-Jim{é}nez's result by ruling out certain torsion structures for quintic non-Galois extensions $L/\mathbb{Q}$.
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spellingShingle Stability of torsion subgroups of elliptic curves over non-Galois extensions of odd prime degree
Im, Bo-Hae
Kim, Hansol
Number Theory
Primary: 11G05, Secondary: 14H52
Let $K$ be a field of characteristic $0$ and $E/K$ an elliptic curve over $K$. For a finite extension $L/K$ and a prime~$\ell$, we provide Galois-theoretic sufficient conditions on $L/K$ under which $E\left(L\right)\left[\ell^{\infty}\right] = E\left(K\right)\left[\ell^{\infty}\right]$. For a non-Galois extension $L/K$ of prime degree, we relate the growth of the $\ell^{\infty}$-torsion subgroup of $E$ under the base change $L/K$ to the image of the mod-$\ell$ cyclotomic character. In particular, In particular, we refine Gonz{á}lez-Jim{é}nez's result by ruling out certain torsion structures for quintic non-Galois extensions $L/\mathbb{Q}$.
title Stability of torsion subgroups of elliptic curves over non-Galois extensions of odd prime degree
topic Number Theory
Primary: 11G05, Secondary: 14H52
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18194