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Masato Kuwata

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The Klein-V\'elu septic, 2-Division, and modular function fields of level 14

We study the 2-division of the Klein-V\'elu elliptic normal septic. Its three non-zero 2-torsion points give rise to an explicit cubic equation over the function field of $X(7)$. We identify the three roots of this cubic with modular functions expressed in terms of septic theta functions at $\tau/2,\tau$, and $2\tau$, and show that its splitting field is precisely the function field of $X(14)$. This gives an explicit link between the 2-division geometry of the Klein-V\'elu septic and the passage from full level 7 to full level $14$. Several intermediate modular function fields in the resulting $S_3$-extension are also described.

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Ranks of elliptic curves in cyclic sextic extensions of $\mathbb{Q}$

For an elliptic curve $E/\mathbb{Q}$ we show that there are infinitely many cyclic sextic extensions $K/\mathbb{Q}$ such that the Mordell-Weil group $E(K)$ has rank greater than the subgroup of $E(K)$ generated by all the $E(F)$ for the proper subfields $F \subset K$. For certain curves $E/\mathbb{Q}$ we show that the number of such fields $K$ of conductor less than $X$ is $\gg\sqrt X$.

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Elliptic normal curves of even degree and theta functions

An elliptic curve may be immersed in ${\mathbf{P}}^{N-1}$ as a degree $N$ curve using level $N$ structure. In the case where $N$ is odd, there are well known classical results dating back to Bianchi and Klein. In this paper we study the case of even $N$ in some detail. In particular, over the complex number field, we define an immersion using suitably chosen theta functions, and study the quadratic equations satisfied by them.

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Mordell-Weil lattice of Inose's Elliptic $K3$ surface arising from the product of 3-isogenous elliptic curves

From the product of two elliptic curves, Shioda and Inose constructed an elliptic $K3$ surface having two $\mathrm{II}^*$ fibers. Its Mordell-Weil lattice structure depends on the morphisms between the two elliptic curves. In this paper, we give a method of writing down generators of the Mordell-Weil lattice of such elliptic surfaces when two elliptic curves are $3$-isogenous. In particular, we obtain a basis of the Mordell-Weil lattice for the singular $K3$ surfaces $X_{[3,3,3]}$, $X_{[3,2,3]}$ and $X_{[3,0,3]}$.

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Inose's construction and elliptic K3 surfaces with Mordell-Weil rank 15 revisited

We describe two constructions of elliptic K3 surfaces starting from the Kummer surface of the Jacobian of a genus 2 curve. These parallel the base-change constructions of Kuwata for the Kummer surface of a product of two elliptic curves. One of these also involves the analogue of an Inose fibration. We use these methods to provide explicit examples of elliptic K3 surfaces over the rationals of geometric Mordell-Weil rank 15.

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Elliptic K3 surfaces associated with the product of two elliptic curves: Mordell-Weil lattices and their fields of definition

To a pair of elliptic curves, one can naturally attach two K3 surfaces: the Kummer surface of their product and a double cover of it, called the Inose surface. They have prominently featured in many interesting constructions in algebraic geometry and number theory. There are several more associated elliptic K3 surfaces, obtained through base change of the Inose surface; these have been previously studied by Kuwata. We give an explicit description of the geometric Mordell-Weil groups of each of these elliptic surfaces in the generic case (when the elliptic curves are non-isogenous). In the non-generic case, we describe a method to calculate explicitly a finite index subgroup of the Mordell-Weil group, which may be saturated to give the full group. Our methods rely on several interesting group actions, the use of rational elliptic surfaces, as well as connections to the geometry of low degree curves on cubic and quartic surfaces. We apply our techniques to compute the full Mordell-Weil group in several examples of arithmetic interest, arising from isogenous elliptic curves with complex multiplication, for which these K3 surfaces are singular.

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A singular K3 surface related to sums of consecutive cubes

We study the surface arising from the diophantine equation $m^3+(m+1)^3+...+(m+k-1)^3=l^2$. It turns out that this is a $K3$ surface with Picard number 20. We stduy its aritmetic properties in detail. We construct elliptic fibrations on it, and we find a parametric solution to the original equation. Also, we determine the Hasse-Weil zeta function of the surface over $Q$.

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