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Endomorphism rings of elliptic curves over finite fields by David Kohel

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CHAPTER 2. ELLIPTIC CURVES AND ISOGENIES 8Associated with a quadratic space V is a quadratic map q : V → Q such thatq(u+v) −q(u) −q(v) = Φ(u, v). A quadratic module <strong>over</strong> Z is a lattice M in V suchthat the associated quadratic map on V restricts to an integer-valued map on M. Aquadratic space or quadratic module is said to be positive de<strong>finite</strong> if q(v) > 0 for allnonzero v in V .Theorem 6 Let E 1 and E 2 be <strong>elliptic</strong> <strong>curves</strong>. Then there is a bilinear formΦ : Hom(E 1 , E 2 ) × Hom(E 1 , E 2 ) → Zdefined <strong>by</strong> Φ(ϕ, ψ) = ̂ϕψ+ ̂ψϕ. The bilinear form Φ defines the structure <strong>of</strong> a positivede<strong>finite</strong> quadratic space on V = Hom(E 1 , E 2 ) ⊗ Q, with associated quadratic mapdeg, extended to V <strong>by</strong> setting deg(ϕ ⊗ r) = r 2 deg(ϕ). The lattice Hom(E 1 , E 2 ) is aquadratic module with respect to deg.Pro<strong>of</strong>. [29, Corollary 6.3].As a demonstration <strong>of</strong> the quadratic module structure on Hom(E 1 , E 2 ), consider thefollowing two <strong>elliptic</strong> <strong>curves</strong> <strong>over</strong> the field k = F 41 .E 1 : y 2 = x 3 + 15x + 35E 2 : y 2 = x 3 + x + 33.The Z-module Hom(E 1 , E 2 ) is generated <strong>by</strong> isogenies ϕ and ψ <strong>of</strong> degree 3 and 7,respectively, and such thatΦ(ϕ, ψ) = ̂ϕψ + ̂ψϕ = 1.In terms <strong>of</strong> the basis {ϕ, ψ} the quadratic map deg on Hom(E 1 , E 2 ) defines a quadraticformq(x 1 , x 2 ) = deg(x 1 ϕ + x 2 ψ) = 3x 2 1 + x 1x 2 + 7x 2 2 .Such binary quadratic forms arise in the ideal theory <strong>of</strong> orders in quadratic extensions<strong>of</strong> Q. In Chapter 3 we turn to the relation between <strong>elliptic</strong> <strong>curves</strong> and the ideal theory<strong>of</strong> such orders. This construction <strong>of</strong> quadratic modules from isogenies <strong>of</strong> <strong>elliptic</strong> <strong>curves</strong>will be further exploited in Chapter 6 when our principal objects <strong>of</strong> study will bequadratic modules <strong>of</strong> rank four <strong>over</strong> Z.2.2 The image <strong>of</strong> Z in End(E)We have seen that for an <strong>elliptic</strong> curve E/k, the abelian group law E × E → E isa morphism <strong>of</strong> varieties, defined <strong>over</strong> k. Silverman [29, III §2] gives explicit rationalfunctions for the maps. Thus the map[n] : EP✲ E✲ P + · · · + P

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