We develop techniques first studied by Morgan Ward to characterize sequences which arise from elliptic curves and which contain a zero term. We first define elliptic divisibility sequences over finite fields by noting that they are not the sequences which arise by reduction from integer sequences. After that, we give general terms of these sequences over the finite fields Fp (p > 3 is a prime) and then we determine elliptic curves and singular curves associated with them.
Elliptic divisibility sequences Singular sequences Elliptic curves Singular curves 2000 AMS Classification: 11 B 50
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Statistics |
Journal Section | Mathematics |
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Publication Date | February 1, 2009 |
Published in Issue | Year 2009 Volume: 38 Issue: 2 |