Algebraic Points of Any Degree l with (l ≥ 9) over Q on the Affine Equation Curve C3 (11): y11 = x3(x-1)3

Abstract

In this work, we use the finiteness of the Mordell-weil group and the Riemann Roch spaces to give a geometric parametrization of the set of algebraic points of any given degree over the field of rational numbers Q on curve C3 (11): y11 = x3 (x-1)3. This result is a special case of quotients of Fermat curves Cr,s (p) : yp = xr(x-1)s, 1 ≤ r, s, r + sp-1 for p = 11 and r = s = 3. The results obtained extend the work of Gross and Rohrlich who determined the set of algebraic points on C1(11)(K) of degree at most 2 on Q.

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Balde, B. , Diallo, M. and Sall, O. (2022) Algebraic Points of Any Degree l with (l ≥ 9) over Q on the Affine Equation Curve C3 (11): y11 = x3(x-1)3. Advances in Pure Mathematics, 12, 519-525. doi: 10.4236/apm.2022.129039.

1. Introduction

Let C be an algebraic curve defined on number field K . We note C ( K ) be the set of algebraic points on C defined on K and [ K : ] l C ( K ) the set of algebraic points on C to be coordinated in K of degree at most l over . The degree of an algebraic point R is the degree of its defining field on ; deg ( R ) = [ ( R ) : ] . A famous theorem of Faltings states that if g 2 then the set C ( K ) of algebraic points on C defined on K is finite. A generalization to subvarieties of an abelian variety allows a qualitative study of the set [ K : ] l C ( K ) of algebraic points on C of degree at most l over .

We propose to study in detail the set of algebraic points of any degree given on on the curve C 3 ( 11 ) of affine equation y 11 = x 3 ( x 1 ) 3 .

Our affine equation curve C 3 ( 11 ) : y 11 = x 3 ( x 1 ) 3 is a special case of quotients of Fermat curves of equations C r , s ( p ) : y p = x r ( x 1 ) s , 1 r , s , r + s p 1 studied in [1].

Let P 0 = ( 0 : 0 : 0 ) , P 1 = ( 1 : 0 : 1 ) and P = ( 1 : 0 : 0 ) denote the point at infinity of C 3 ( 11 ) . Consider the Jacobian folding defined by

j : C 3 ( 11 ) ( ) J ( ) P [ P P ]

We will designate J the Jacobian of C 3 ( 11 ) and by j ( P ) the class denoted [ P P ] of P P .

Our approach relies on the knowledge of the Mordell-Weil group of the Jacobian J-variety of C 3 ( 11 ) and the condition that it is finite: it consists in using the Abel-Jacobi theorem to plunge the curve into its Jacobian and to study linear systems on the curve C 3 ( 11 ) .

The Mordell-Weil group J ( ) of rational points of the Jacobian J of C 3 ( 11 ) is finite and given by J ( ) ( / 11 ) ( [2], p. 219 and [3]).

Our study results from the work of Gross-Rohrlich who determined [ K : ] 2 C 1 ( 11 ) ( K ) the set of algebraic points on C 1 ( 11 ) ( K ) of degree at most 2 on and given by the following proposition:

Proposition 1.

The set of algebraic points on C 1 ( 11 ) ( K ) of degree at most 2 on is given by

[ K : ] 2 C 1 ( 11 ) ( K ) = { ( 1 2 ± y 11 + 1 4 , y ) } { P } (1)

We extend these results by giving a geometric parametrization of algebraic points of any given degree on on the curve C 3 ( 11 ) of affine equation y 11 = x 3 ( x 1 ) 3 .

Our essential tools are:

1) The Mordell-Weil group J ( ) of the Jacobian of C .

2) The Abel-Jacobi theorem (see in [4] page 156).

3) The study of linear systems on the curve C 3 ( 11 ) .

4) The theory of intersection.

Our main result is as follows:

Theorem

The set of algebraic points of degree l 9 on C 3 ( 11 ) is:

[ K : ] l C 3 ( 11 ) ( K ) = F 0 ( k = 1 10 F k ) (2)

with

F 0 = { ( i l 2 a i y i 3 j l 11 2 b j y j 3 , y ) | a 0 0 , a l 2 0 if l is even , b l 11 2 0 if l is odd and y root of the equation y 11 ( j l 11 2 b j y j ) 2 = ( i l 2 a i y i ) ( i l 2 a i y i 3 + j l 11 2 b j y j 3 ) 3 } (3)

F k = { ( 11 k i l + 11 k 2 a i y i 3 j l k 2 b j y j 3 , y ) | b 0 0 , a l + 11 k 2 0 if l is even , b l k 2 0 if l is odd and y root of the equation y k ( j l k 2 b j y j ) 2 = ( 11 k i l + 11 k 2 a i y i ( 11 k ) ) ( 11 k i l + 11 k 2 a i y i 3 + j l k 2 b j y j 3 ) 3 } (4)

2. Auxiliary Results

Let x and y be the rational functions defined on C 3 ( 11 ) by: x ( X , Y , Z ) = X Z and y ( X , Y , Z ) = Y Z .

For a divisor D on C 3 ( 11 ) , let L ( D ) be the ¯ -vector space of the rational functions f defined by

L ( D ) = { f ¯ ( C 3 ( 11 ) ) * | d i v ( f ) D } { 0 } (5)

The projective equation of the curve C 3 ( 11 ) is: Y 11 = X 3 Z 5 ( X Z ) 3 .

We have the following Lemma:

Lemma 1

C 3 ( 11 ) : y 11 = x 3 ( x 1 ) 3

d i v ( x ) = 11 P 0 11 P ;

d i v ( y ) = 3 P 0 + 3 P 1 6 P ;

d i v ( x 1 ) = 11 P 1 11 P .

Proof 1 It is a calculation of type

d i v ( x i ) = ( ( X i Z ) = 0 ) . C 3 ( 11 ) ( Z = 0 ) . C 3 ( 11 ) (6)

From (6), we have d i v ( x ) = ( X = 0 ) . C ( Z = 0 ) . C .

For X = 0 , the projective equation gives Y 11 = 0 ; and for Z = 1 , we obtain the point P 0 = ( 0 : 0 : 1 ) of multiplicity equal to 11.

For Z = 0 , the projective equation gives Y 11 = 0 ; and for X = 1 , we obtain the point P = ( 1 : 0 : 0 ) of multiplicity equal to 11. Thus d i v ( x ) = 11 P 0 11 P .

In the same way we show that d i v ( x 1 ) = 11 P 1 11 P and d i v ( y ) = 3 P 0 + 3 P 1 6 P .

Consequence 1

11 j ( P 0 ) = 11 j ( P 1 ) = 0 ;

3 j ( P 0 ) + 3 j ( P 1 ) = 0

so j ( P 0 ) and j ( P 1 ) generate the same subgroup J ( ) .

Lemma 2 A -base of L ( l P ) is given by :

B = { ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) i | i , i l 2 } { x ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) j | j , j l 11 2 } (7)

Proof 2. It is clear that B is free. It remains to show that

d i m ( B ) = d i m ( L ( l P ) ) .

By the Riemann-Roch theorem, we have d i m ( L ( l P ) ) = l g + 1 as soon as l 2 g 1 with g = 11 1 2

Let us consider the following cases:

Case 1: Suppose that l is even, and let l = 2 h . Then we have

i l 2 = h

and

j l 11 2 j 2 h 11 2 j 2 h 11 1 2 = h 6 = h g 1 .

So we obtain

B = { 1 , x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 , , ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) h } { x , x x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 , , x ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) h g 1 } ,

and therefore d i m ( B ) = ( h + 1 ) + ( h g ) = 2 h g + 1 = l g + 1 = d i m ( L ( l P ) ) .

Case 2: Suppose that l is odd, and let l = 2 h + 1 .

i l 2 i 2 h + 1 2 i h

and

j l 11 2 j 2 h 10 2 = h g

So we obtain

B = { 1, x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 , , ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) h } { x , x x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 , , x ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) h g } ,

and therefore

d i m ( B ) = ( h + 1 ) + ( h g + 1 ) = 2 h + 1 g + 1 = l g + 1 = d i m ( L ( l P ) ) .

3. Demonstration of the Theorem

Let R C 3 ( 11 ) ( ¯ ) with [ ( R ) : ] = l . Let R 1 , , R l be the Galois conjugates of R, and let t = [ R 1 + + R l l P ] which is a point of J ( ) = { m j ( P 0 ) ,0 m 10 } ; so t = m j ( P 0 ) with 0 m 10 . This gives the relation

[ R 1 + + R l l P ] = m j ( P 0 ) . (8)

We note that R { P 0 , P 1 , P } .

Case m = 0

Then there exists a rational function f such that d i v ( f ) = R 1 + + R l l P , so f L ( l P ) . According to Lemma 2, we have

f = i l 2 a i ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) i + x j l 11 2 b j ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) j

with a l 2 0 if l is even (otherwise the R i would be equal to P ) and b l 11 2 0 if l is odd (otherwise the R i would be equal to P ). At the points R i we have

i l 2 a i ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) i + x j l 11 2 b j ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) j = 0

hense

x = i l 2 a i ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) i j l 11 2 b j ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) j

and therefore

y 11 = x 3 ( x 1 ) 3 y 1 3 = x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ,

so

x = i l 2 a i y i 3 j l 11 2 b j y j 3 .

So the equation y 11 = x 3 ( x 1 ) 3 becomes

y 11 ( j l 11 2 b j y j ) 2 = ( i l 2 a i y i ) ( i l 2 a i y i 3 + j l 11 2 b j y j 3 ) 3

which is an equation of degree l in y. We thus find a family of points of degree l

F 0 = { ( i l 2 a i y i 3 j l 11 2 b j y j 3 , y ) | a 0 0 , a l 2 0 if l is even , b l 11 2 0 if l is odd and y root of the equation y 11 ( j l 11 2 b j y j ) 2 = ( i l 2 a i y i ) ( i l 2 a i y i 3 + j l 11 2 b j y j 3 ) 3 }

In the same way we show that for m = k with k { 1, ,10 } , the relation (8) gives [ R 1 + + R l l P ] = k j ( P 0 ) = ( k 11 ) j ( P 0 ) . Then there exists a rational function f such that d i v ( f ) = R 1 + + R l + ( 11 k ) P 0 ( l + 11 k ) P , so f L ( l + 11 k ) P . According to the Lemma 2, we have f = i l + 11 k 2 a i ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) i + x j l k 2 b j ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) j ; and as o r d f P 0 = 11 k ,

therefore

f = 11 k i l + 11 k 2 a i ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) i + x j l k 2 b j ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) j

with a l + 11 k 2 0 if l is even (otherwise the R i would be equal to P ) and b l k 2 0 if l is odd (otherwise the R i would be equal to P ). At the points R i we have

11 k i l + 11 k 2 a i ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) i + x j l k 2 b j ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) j = 0

hense x = 11 k i l + 11 k 2 a i ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) i j l k 2 b j ( x 2 ( x 1 ) 2 y 7 ) j and therefore x = 11 k i l + 11 k 2 a i y i 3 j l k 2 b j y j 3 .

So the equation y 11 = x 3 ( x 1 ) 3 becomes

y k ( j l k 2 b j y j ) 2 = ( 11 k i l + 11 k 2 a i y i ( 11 k ) ) ( 11 k i l + 11 k 2 a i y i 3 + j l k 2 b j y j 3 ) 3

which is an equation of degree l in y. We thus find a family of points of degree l

F k = { ( 11 k i l + 11 k 2 a i y i 3 j l k 2 b j y j 3 , y ) | b 0 0 , a l + 11 k 2 0 if l is even , b l k 2 0 if l is odd and y root of the equation y k ( j l k 2 b j y j ) 2 = ( 11 k i l + 11 k 2 a i y i ( 11 k ) ) ( 11 k i l + 11 k 2 a i y i 3 + j l k 2 b j y j 3 ) 3 }

Conflicts of Interest

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