Heights on elliptic curves over number fields, period lattices, and complex elliptic logarithms

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Abstract

This thesis presents some major improvements in the following computations: a
lower bound for the canonical height, period lattices, and elliptic logarithms.
On computing a lower bound for the canonical height, we have successfully
generalised the existing algorithm of Cremona and Siksek [CS06] to elliptic curves
over totally real number fields, and then to elliptic curves over number fields in
general. Both results, which are also published in [Tho08] and [Tho10] respectively,
will be fully explained in Chapter 2 and 3.
In Chapter 4, we give a complete method on computing period lattices of elliptic
curves over C, whereas this was only possible for elliptic curves over R in the
past. Our method is based on the concept of arithmetic-geometric mean (AGM).
In addition, we extend our method further to find elliptic logarithms of complex
points. This work is done in collaboration with Professor John E. Cremona; another
version of this chapter has been submitted for publication [CT].
In Chapter 5, we finally illustrate the applications of our main results towards
certain computations which did not work well in the past due to lack of some
information on elliptic curves. This includes determining a Mordell{Weil basis,
finding integral points on elliptic curves over number fields [SS97], and finding
elliptic curves with everywhere good reduction [CL07].
A number of computer programs have been implemented for the purpose of
illustration and verification. Their source code (written in MAGMA) can be found
in Appendix A.

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