We study applications of divisibility properties of recurrence sequences to Tate’s theory of abelian varieties over finite fields.

To any finite covering $f:Y\to X$ of degree $d$ between smooth complex projective manifolds, one associates a vector bundle $E_f$ of rank $d-1$ on $X$ whose total space contains $Y$. It is known that $E_f$ is ample when $X$ is a projective space ([Lazarsfeld 1980]), a Grassmannian ([Manivel 1997]), or a Lagrangian Grassmannian ([Kim Maniel 1999]). We show an analogous result when $X$ is a simple abelian variety and $f$ does not factor through any nontrivial isogeny $X^{\text{'}}\to X$. This result is obtained by showing that $E_f$ is $M$-regular in the...

Stein and Watkins conjectured that for a certain family of elliptic curves E, the X₀(N)-optimal curve and the X₁(N)-optimal curve of the isogeny class 𝓒 containing E of conductor N differ by a 3-isogeny. In this paper, we show that this conjecture is true.

For i = 0,1, let $E_i$ be the $X_i\left(N\right)$-optimal curve of an isogeny class of elliptic curves defined over ℚ of conductor N. Stein and Watkins conjectured that E₀ and E₁ differ by a 5-isogeny if and only if E₀ = X₀(11) and E₁ = X₁(11). In this paper, we show that this conjecture is true if N is square-free and is not divisible by 5. On the other hand, Hadano conjectured that for an elliptic curve E defined over ℚ with a rational point P of order 5, the 5-isogenous curve E’ := E/⟨P⟩ has a rational point of order...