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Main Authors: Butler, Blair, Elsenhans, Andreas-Stephan
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.17182
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author Butler, Blair
Elsenhans, Andreas-Stephan
author_facet Butler, Blair
Elsenhans, Andreas-Stephan
contents The field of definition of the Mordell-Weil group of an elliptic surface $E/\mathbb{Q}$ is the smallest number field $k$ such that all of its $\mathbb{Q}(t)$-rational points are defined over $k(t)$. In this paper, we present an algorithm, implemented in Magma, which can determine the arithmetic information, including the field of definition, associated to any rational elliptic surface. As an application of this, we also demonstrate that the field of definition of Shioda's rank $68$ elliptic surface given by $y^2 = x^3 + t^{360} + 1$ is a number field of degree $829,440$.
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spellingShingle Arithmetic Information of Rational Elliptic Surfaces, and Shioda's Rank 68 Elliptic Surface
Butler, Blair
Elsenhans, Andreas-Stephan
Number Theory
The field of definition of the Mordell-Weil group of an elliptic surface $E/\mathbb{Q}$ is the smallest number field $k$ such that all of its $\mathbb{Q}(t)$-rational points are defined over $k(t)$. In this paper, we present an algorithm, implemented in Magma, which can determine the arithmetic information, including the field of definition, associated to any rational elliptic surface. As an application of this, we also demonstrate that the field of definition of Shioda's rank $68$ elliptic surface given by $y^2 = x^3 + t^{360} + 1$ is a number field of degree $829,440$.
title Arithmetic Information of Rational Elliptic Surfaces, and Shioda's Rank 68 Elliptic Surface
topic Number Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.17182