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Characterization of the torsion of the Jacobians of two families of hyperelliptic curves

Tomasz Jędrzejak (2013)

Acta Arithmetica

Consider the families of curves C n , A : y ² = x + A x and C n , A : y ² = x + A where A is a nonzero rational. Let J n , A and J n , A denote their respective Jacobian varieties. The torsion points of C 3 , A ( ) and C 3 , A ( ) are well known. We show that for any nonzero rational A the torsion subgroup of J 7 , A ( ) is a 2-group, and for A ≠ 4a⁴,-1728,-1259712 this subgroup is equal to J 7 , A ( ) [ 2 ] (for a excluded values of A, with the possible exception of A = -1728, this group has a point of order 4). This is a variant of the corresponding results for J 3 , A (A ≠ 4) and J 5 , A . We also almost...

Legendre polynomials and supercongruences

Zhi-Hong Sun (2013)

Acta Arithmetica

Let p > 3 be a prime, and let Rₚ be the set of rational numbers whose denominator is not divisible by p. Let Pₙ(x) be the Legendre polynomials. In this paper we mainly show that for m,n,t ∈ Rₚ with m≢ 0 (mod p), P [ p / 6 ] ( t ) - ( 3 / p ) x = 0 p - 1 ( ( x ³ - 3 x + 2 t ) / p ) ( m o d p ) and ( x = 0 p - 1 ( ( x ³ + m x + n ) / p ) ) ² ( ( - 3 m ) / p ) k = 0 [ p / 6 ] 2 k k 3 k k 6 k 3 k ( ( 4 m ³ + 27 n ² ) / ( 12 ³ · 4 m ³ ) ) k ( m o d p ) , where (a/p) is the Legendre symbol and [x] is the greatest integer function. As an application we solve some conjectures of Z. W. Sun and the author concerning k = 0 p - 1 2 k k 3 k k 6 k 3 k / m k ( m o d p ² ) , where m is an integer not divisible by p.

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