We remark that Tate’s algorithm to determine the minimal model of an elliptic curve can be stated in a way that characterises Kodaira types from the minimum of $v\left(a_i\right)/i$. As an application, we deduce the behaviour of Kodaira types in tame extensions of local fields.

The Generalized Elliptic Curves $(GECs)$ are pairs $(Q,T)$, where $T$ is a family of triples $(x,y,z)$ of “points” from the set $Q$ characterized by equalities of the form $x.y=z$, where the law $x.y$ makes $Q$ into a totally symmetric quasigroup. Isotopic loops arise by setting $x*y=u.(x.y)$. When $(x.y).(a.b)=(x.a).(y.b)$, identically $(Q,T)$ is an entropic $GEC$ and $(Q,*)$ is an abelian group. Similarly, a terentropic $GEC$ may be characterized by $x^2.(a.b)=(x.a)(x.b)$ and $(Q,*)$ is then a Commutative Moufang Loop $(CML)$. If in addition $x^2=x$, we have Hall $GECs$ and $(Q,*)$ is an exponent $3$

We survey recent work on arithmetic analogues of ordinary and partial differential equations.