
arXiv: 0710.1316
An elliptic divisibility sequence is an integer recurrence sequence associated to an elliptic curve over the rationals together with a rational point on that curve. In this paper we present a higher-dimensional analogue over arbitrary base fields. Suppose E is an elliptic curve over a field K, and P_1, ..., P_n are points on E defined over K. To this information we associate an n-dimensional array of values in K satisfying a nonlinear recurrence relation. Arrays satisfying this relation are called elliptic nets. We demonstrate an explicit bijection between the set of elliptic nets and the set of elliptic curves with specified points. We also obtain Laurentness/integrality results for elliptic nets.
34 pages; several minor errors/typos corrected in v4
14H52, Mathematics - Number Theory, 11B39, Elliptic curves over local fields, 11B37, elliptic divisibility sequence, elliptic net, Elliptic curves over global fields, FOS: Mathematics, Fibonacci and Lucas numbers and polynomials and generalizations, Elliptic curves, Recurrences, recurrence sequence, Number Theory (math.NT), 11G05, Laurentness, 11G07, elliptic curve, 11G05, 11G07, 11B37, 11B39, 14H52
14H52, Mathematics - Number Theory, 11B39, Elliptic curves over local fields, 11B37, elliptic divisibility sequence, elliptic net, Elliptic curves over global fields, FOS: Mathematics, Fibonacci and Lucas numbers and polynomials and generalizations, Elliptic curves, Recurrences, recurrence sequence, Number Theory (math.NT), 11G05, Laurentness, 11G07, elliptic curve, 11G05, 11G07, 11B37, 11B39, 14H52
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