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The Nullity of a Family of Proper Biharmonic Maps via Elliptic Curves

Anna Siffert
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We prove a conjecture of Montaldo, Oniciuc and Ratto concerning the nullity of a family of proper biharmonic maps from the flat two-torus to the round two-sphere. The proof reveals an unexpected connection between spectral geometry and arithmetic geometry. We show that the vanishing of a mixed Fourier eigenvalue produces a rational point on an explicitly defined affine quartic. By constructing an explicit polynomial isomorphism with an elliptic curve over $\Q$, the problem is reduced to the determination of a Mordell--Weil group. This yields a complete description of the rational points on the spectral curve and shows that none satisfies the positivity conditions required for a mixed Fourier mode. As a consequence, the mixed eigenvalues never vanish, confirming the Montaldo--Oniciuc--Ratto conjecture and proving that the nullity of every map in the family is equal to $5$.

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Anna Siffert. 2026-07-17. The Nullity of a Family of Proper Biharmonic Maps via Elliptic Curves. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.16014

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