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A271228 P-defects p - N(p) of the elliptic curve y^2 = x^3 + 17 for primes p, where N(p) is the number of solutions modulo prime p.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 0, 0, -5, 0, -7, 0, -7, 0, 0, -11, -11, 0, -13, 0, 0, 0, 13, 5, 0, 10, 4, 0, 0, -5, 0, -7, 0, -2, 0, -19, 0, 0, 7, 0, -19, -25, -8, 0, 0, 0, 7, 0, -23, 0, 28, 13, -28, 0, -22
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Author

Wolfdieter Lang, Apr 21 2016

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Comments

See A271227 for details and the conjecture for a(n) if prime(n) == 1 (mod 3).
a(n) is negative for the 1 (mod 3) primes 7, 13, 19, 31, 37, 43, 97, 103, 109, 127, 151, 157, 163, 193, 223, 229, 241, 271, 277, 307, 313, 331, ... and positive for the primes 61, 67, 73, 79, 139, 181, 199, 211, 283, 337, 349, ... See A271227 for a comment on the conjectured three types I, II, and III of 1 (mod 3) primes. All three types appear for primes with negative as well as positive a(n) values.

Examples

			n = 4, prime(4) = 7, A271227(4) = 12 (see the example in A271227 for the solutions), a(4) = 7 - 12 = -5. Prime 7 is of type II.
n = 25, prime(25) = 97, A271227(25) = 102, a(25) = -5. Prime 97 is of type III.
n = 29, prime(29) = 109, A271227(29) = 111, a(29) = -2. Prime 109 is of type I.
n = 18, prime(18) = 61, A271227(18) = 48, a(18) = +13. Prime 61 is of type II.
n = 19, prime(19) = 67, A271227(19) = 62, a(19) = +5. Prime 67 is of type III.
n = 21, prime(21) = 73, A271227(21) = 63, a(21) = +10. Prime 73 is of type I.
		

References

  • J. H. Silverman, A Friendly Introduction to Number Theory, 3rd ed., Pearson Education, Inc, 2006, Table 45.5, Theorem 45.2, p. 400, Exercise 45.3, p. 404, p. 408 (4th ed., Pearson 2014, Table 5, Theorem 2, p. 366, Exercise 3, p. 370, p. 376)

Crossrefs

Cf. A271227.

Formula

a(n) = prime(n) - A271227(n), where A271227(n) is the number of solutions of the congruence y^2 = x^3 + 17 (mod prime(n)).
a(n) = 0 precisely for prime(n) == 0, or 2 (mod 3). See the Silverman reference, pp. 400 - 402 for the proof. (The case 0 (mod 3) is trivial.)
Conjecture [WL]: For prime(n) = A002476(m) (a prime == 1 (mod 3)) one has a(n) = + or - sqrt(4*prime(n)) - 3*q(m)^2), with three alternative cases for q(m)^2, namely (2*B(m))^2, (A(m) - B(m))^2 and (A(m) + B(m))^2, where A(m) = A001479(m+1) and B(m) = A001480(m+1), m >= 1.
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