Tate’s parametrisation of $p$-adic curves with multiplicative reduction

Let $E$ be an elliptic curve defined over the $p$-adic numbers $\QQ_p$. Suppose that $E$ has multiplicative reduction, i.e. that the $j$-invariant of $E$ has negative valuation, say $n$. Then there exists a parameter $q$ in $\ZZ_p$ of valuation $n$ such that the points of $E$ defined over the algebraic closure $\bar{\QQ}_p$ are in bijection with $\bar{\QQ}_p^{\times}\,/\, q^{\ZZ}$. More precisely there exists the series $s_4(q)$ and $s_6(q)$ such that the $y^2+x y = x^3 + s_4(q) x+s_6(q)$ curve is isomorphic to $E$ over $\bar{\QQ}_p$ (or over $\QQ_p$ if the reduction is split multiplicative). There is a $p$-adic analytic map from $\bar{\QQ}^{\times}_p$ to this curve with kernel $q^{\ZZ}$. Points of good reduction correspond to points of valuation $0$ in $\bar{\QQ}^{\times}_p$.

See chapter V of [Sil1994] for more details.

AUTHORS:

• Chris Wuthrich (23/05/2007): first version

• William Stein (2007-05-29): added some examples; editing.

• Chris Wuthrich (04/09): reformatted docstrings.

class sage.schemes.elliptic_curves.ell_tate_curve.TateCurve(E, p)

Bases: sage.structure.sage_object.SageObject

Tate’s $p$-adic uniformisation of an elliptic curve with multiplicative reduction.

Note

Some of the methods of this Tate curve only work when the reduction is split multiplicative over $\QQ_p$.

EXAMPLES:

sage: e = EllipticCurve('130a1')
sage: eq = e.tate_curve(5); eq
5-adic Tate curve associated to the Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + x*y + y = x^3 - 33*x + 68 over Rational Field
sage: eq == loads(dumps(eq))
True

REFERENCES: [Sil1994]

E2(prec=20)

Return the value of the $p$-adic Eisenstein series of weight 2 evaluated on the elliptic curve having split multiplicative reduction.

INPUT:

• prec – the $p$-adic precision, default is 20.

EXAMPLES:

sage: eq = EllipticCurve('130a1').tate_curve(5)
sage: eq.E2(prec=10)
4 + 2*5^2 + 2*5^3 + 5^4 + 2*5^5 + 5^7 + 5^8 + 2*5^9 + O(5^10)

sage: T = EllipticCurve('14').tate_curve(7)
sage: T.E2(30)
2 + 4*7 + 7^2 + 3*7^3 + 6*7^4 + 5*7^5 + 2*7^6 + 7^7 + 5*7^8 + 6*7^9 + 5*7^10 + 2*7^11 + 6*7^12 + 4*7^13 + 3*7^15 + 5*7^16 + 4*7^17 + 4*7^18 + 2*7^20 + 7^21 + 5*7^22 + 4*7^23 + 4*7^24 + 3*7^25 + 6*7^26 + 3*7^27 + 6*7^28 + O(7^30)

L_invariant(prec=20)

Return the mysterious $\mathcal{L}$-invariant associated to an elliptic curve with split multiplicative reduction.

One instance where this constant appears is in the exceptional case of the $p$-adic Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture as formulated in [MTT1986]. See [Col2004] for a detailed discussion.

INPUT:

• prec – the $p$-adic precision, default is 20.

EXAMPLES:

sage: eq = EllipticCurve('130a1').tate_curve(5)
sage: eq.L_invariant(prec=10)
5^3 + 4*5^4 + 2*5^5 + 2*5^6 + 2*5^7 + 3*5^8 + 5^9 + O(5^10)

curve(prec=20)

Return the $p$-adic elliptic curve of the form $y^2+x y = x^3 + s_4 x+s_6$.

This curve with split multiplicative reduction is isomorphic to the given curve over the algebraic closure of $\QQ_p$.

INPUT:

• prec – the $p$-adic precision, default is 20.

EXAMPLES:

sage: eq = EllipticCurve('130a1').tate_curve(5)
sage: eq.curve(prec=5)
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + (1+O(5^5))*x*y  = x^3 +
(2*5^4+5^5+2*5^6+5^7+3*5^8+O(5^9))*x +
(2*5^3+5^4+2*5^5+5^7+O(5^8)) over 5-adic
Field with capped relative precision 5

is_split()

Return True if the given elliptic curve has split multiplicative reduction.

EXAMPLES:

sage: eq = EllipticCurve('130a1').tate_curve(5)
sage: eq.is_split()
True

sage: eq = EllipticCurve('37a1').tate_curve(37)
sage: eq.is_split()
False

lift(P, prec=20)

Given a point $P$ in the formal group of the elliptic curve $E$ with split multiplicative reduction, this produces an element $u$ in $\QQ_p^{\times}$ mapped to the point $P$ by the Tate parametrisation. The algorithm return the unique such element in $1+p\ZZ_p$.

INPUT:

• P – a point on the elliptic curve.

• prec – the $p$-adic precision, default is 20.

EXAMPLES:

sage: e = EllipticCurve('130a1')
sage: eq = e.tate_curve(5)
sage: P = e([-6,10])
sage: l = eq.lift(12*P, prec=10); l
1 + 4*5 + 5^3 + 5^4 + 4*5^5 + 5^6 + 5^7 + 4*5^8 + 5^9 + O(5^10)

Now we map the lift l back and check that it is indeed right.:

sage: eq.parametrisation_onto_original_curve(l)
(4*5^-2 + 2*5^-1 + 4*5 + 3*5^3 + 5^4 + 2*5^5 + 4*5^6 + O(5^7) : 2*5^-3 + 5^-1 + 4 + 4*5 + 5^2 + 3*5^3 + 4*5^4 + O(5^6) : 1 + O(5^10))
sage: e5 = e.change_ring(Qp(5,9))
sage: e5(12*P)
(4*5^-2 + 2*5^-1 + 4*5 + 3*5^3 + 5^4 + 2*5^5 + 4*5^6 + O(5^7) : 2*5^-3 + 5^-1 + 4 + 4*5 + 5^2 + 3*5^3 + 4*5^4 + O(5^6) : 1 + O(5^9))

original_curve()

Return the elliptic curve the Tate curve was constructed from.

EXAMPLES:

sage: eq = EllipticCurve('130a1').tate_curve(5)
sage: eq.original_curve()
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + x*y + y = x^3 - 33*x + 68
over Rational Field

padic_height(prec=20)

Return the canonical $p$-adic height function on the original curve.

INPUT:

• prec – the $p$-adic precision, default is 20.

OUTPUT:

• A function that can be evaluated on rational points of $E$.

EXAMPLES:

sage: e = EllipticCurve('130a1')
sage: eq = e.tate_curve(5)
sage: h = eq.padic_height(prec=10)
sage: P = e.gens()[0]
sage: h(P)
2*5^-1 + 1 + 2*5 + 2*5^2 + 3*5^3 + 3*5^6 + 5^7 + O(5^9)

Check that it is a quadratic function:

sage: h(3*P)-3^2*h(P)
O(5^9)

padic_regulator(prec=20)

Compute the canonical $p$-adic regulator on the extended Mordell-Weil group as in [MTT1986] (with the correction of [Wer1998] and sign convention in [SW2013].)

The $p$-adic Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture predicts that this value appears in the formula for the leading term of the $p$-adic L-function.

INPUT:

• prec – the $p$-adic precision, default is 20.

EXAMPLES:

sage: eq = EllipticCurve('130a1').tate_curve(5)
sage: eq.padic_regulator()
2*5^-1 + 1 + 2*5 + 2*5^2 + 3*5^3 + 3*5^6 + 5^7 + 3*5^9 + 3*5^10 + 3*5^12 + 4*5^13 + 3*5^15 + 2*5^16 + 3*5^18 + 4*5^19 +  4*5^20 + 3*5^21 + 4*5^22 + O(5^23)

parameter(prec=20)

Return the Tate parameter $q$ such that the curve is isomorphic over the algebraic closure of $\QQ_p$ to the curve $\QQ_p^{\times}/q^{\ZZ}$.

INPUT:

• prec – the $p$-adic precision, default is 20.

EXAMPLES:

sage: eq = EllipticCurve('130a1').tate_curve(5)
sage: eq.parameter(prec=5)
3*5^3 + 3*5^4 + 2*5^5 + 2*5^6 + 3*5^7 + O(5^8)

parametrisation_onto_original_curve(u, prec=None)

Given an element $u$ in $\QQ_p^{\times}$, this computes its image on the original curve under the $p$-adic uniformisation of $E$.

INPUT:

• u – a non-zero $p$-adic number.

• prec – the $p$-adic precision, default is the relative precision of u otherwise 20.

EXAMPLES:

sage: eq = EllipticCurve('130a1').tate_curve(5)
sage: eq.parametrisation_onto_original_curve(1+5+5^2+O(5^10))
(4*5^-2 + 4*5^-1 + 4 + 2*5^3 + 3*5^4 + 2*5^6 + O(5^7) :
3*5^-3 + 5^-2 + 4*5^-1 + 1 + 4*5 + 5^2 + 3*5^5 + O(5^6) :
1 + O(5^10))
sage: eq.parametrisation_onto_original_curve(1+5+5^2+O(5^10), prec=20)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: Requested more precision than the precision of u

Here is how one gets a 4-torsion point on $E$ over $\QQ_5$:

sage: R = Qp(5,30)
sage: i = R(-1).sqrt()
sage: T = eq.parametrisation_onto_original_curve(i, prec=30); T
(2 + 3*5 + 4*5^2 + 2*5^3 + 5^4 + 4*5^5 + 2*5^7 + 5^8 + 5^9 + 5^12 + 3*5^13 + 3*5^14 + 5^15 + 4*5^17 + 5^18 + 3*5^19 + 2*5^20 + 4*5^21 + 5^22 + 3*5^23 + 3*5^24 + 4*5^25 + 3*5^26 + 3*5^27 + 3*5^28 + 3*5^29 + O(5^30) : 3*5 + 5^2 + 5^4 + 3*5^5 + 3*5^7 + 2*5^8 + 4*5^9 + 5^10 + 2*5^11 + 4*5^13 + 2*5^14 + 4*5^15 + 4*5^16 + 3*5^17 + 2*5^18 + 4*5^20 + 2*5^21 + 2*5^22 + 4*5^23 + 4*5^24 + 4*5^25 + 5^26 + 3*5^27 + 2*5^28 + O(5^30) : 1 + O(5^30))
sage: 4*T
(0 : 1 + O(5^30) : 0)

parametrisation_onto_tate_curve(u, prec=None)

Given an element $u$ in $\QQ_p^{\times}$, this computes its image on the Tate curve under the $p$-adic uniformisation of $E$.

INPUT:

• u – a non-zero $p$-adic number.

• prec – the $p$-adic precision, default is the relative precision of u otherwise 20.

EXAMPLES:

sage: eq = EllipticCurve('130a1').tate_curve(5)
sage: eq.parametrisation_onto_tate_curve(1+5+5^2+O(5^10), prec=10)
(5^-2 + 4*5^-1 + 1 + 2*5 + 3*5^2 + 2*5^5 + 3*5^6 + O(5^7) : 4*5^-3 + 2*5^-1 + 4 + 2*5 + 3*5^4 + 2*5^5 + O(5^6) : 1 + O(5^10))
sage: eq.parametrisation_onto_tate_curve(1+5+5^2+O(5^10))
(5^-2 + 4*5^-1 + 1 + 2*5 + 3*5^2 + 2*5^5 + 3*5^6 + O(5^7) : 4*5^-3 + 2*5^-1 + 4 + 2*5 + 3*5^4 + 2*5^5 + O(5^6) : 1 + O(5^10))
sage: eq.parametrisation_onto_tate_curve(1+5+5^2+O(5^10), prec=20)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: Requested more precision than the precision of u

prime()

Return the residual characteristic $p$.

EXAMPLES:

sage: eq = EllipticCurve('130a1').tate_curve(5)
sage: eq.original_curve()
Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + x*y + y = x^3 - 33*x + 68
over Rational Field
sage: eq.prime()
5