The Weierstrass curve in short form $y^2 = x^3 + a_4 x + a_6$, obtained by setting $a_1 = a_2 = a_3 = 0$.
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Coefficient $a_1$ of the short Weierstrass curve is $0$.
Coefficient $a_2$ of the short Weierstrass curve is $0$.
Coefficient $a_3$ of the short Weierstrass curve is $0$.
Coefficient $a_4$ of the short Weierstrass curve is $a_4$.
Coefficient $a_6$ of the short Weierstrass curve is $a_6$.
For a short Weierstrass curve, the auxiliary invariant $c_4 = -48 a_4$.
For a short Weierstrass curve, the auxiliary invariant $c_6 = -864 a_6$.
The defining relation $j \cdot \Delta = c_4^3$ for the $j$-invariant of an elliptic Weierstrass curve.
Over a field, if the short Weierstrass curve $y^2 = x^3 + a_4 x + a_6$ is elliptic, then $16 \neq 0$ (i.e. the characteristic is not $2$).
For an elliptic short Weierstrass curve, the quantity $4 a_4^3 + 27 a_6^2 \neq 0$ (it is essentially the discriminant up to a unit).
Closed form for the $j$-invariant of a short Weierstrass curve: $j = 1728 \cdot \dfrac{4 a_4^3}{4 a_4^3 + 27 a_6^2}$.
Definition 26.1. The $j$-invariant of an elliptic curve $E$ over a field $k$, extracted from its underlying Weierstrass curve.
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Theorem 26.3 (surjectivity). Over any field $k$, every value $j \in k$ arises as the $j$-invariant of some elliptic curve over $k$.
A choice of elliptic curve over $k$ whose $j$-invariant equals $j$, witnessing the surjectivity of the $j$-invariant.
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The chosen curve ellipticCurveOfJ j indeed has $j$-invariant $j$.
Surjectivity of the $j$-invariant function $E \mapsto j(E)$ on elliptic
curves over $k$, restated as Function.Surjective.
The Jacobian of a genus-one curve $C$, viewed as an elliptic curve over $k$.
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The underlying type carrying $\mathrm{Pic}^0(C)$, the degree-zero Picard group of a genus-one curve $C$ over $k$.
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The degree-zero Picard group $\mathrm{Pic}^0(C)$ of a genus-one curve $C$.
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Axiom providing the abelian group structure on $\mathrm{Pic}^0(C)$.
Bundled abelian group instance on $\mathrm{Pic}^0(C)$.
The group of $k$-rational points $E(k)$ of an elliptic curve $E$ over $k$, defined as the affine points of its underlying Weierstrass curve.
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Definitional unfolding: $E(k)$ is the affine points of the underlying Weierstrass curve.
The Mordell–Weil abelian group structure on $E(k)$.
The canonical isomorphism $\mathrm{Pic}^0(C) \cong J(C)(k)$ identifying the degree-zero Picard group of a genus-one curve with the $k$-rational points of its Jacobian.
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The product $\prod_v \mathrm{WC}(E/k_v)$ of local Weil–Châtelet groups over all places $v$ of the number field $k$.
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The componentwise abelian group structure on LocalWCProduct E, inherited
from the pointwise product of local Weil–Châtelet groups.
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Bundled abelian group instance on LocalWCProduct E.
The localization homomorphism $\mathrm{WC}(E/k) \to \prod_v \mathrm{WC}(E/k_v)$ assembled from the place-by-place localization maps.
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The global-to-local restriction homomorphism on Weil–Châtelet groups, sending $\xi \in \mathrm{WC}(E/k)$ to the tuple of its images $(\xi_v)_v$.
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The Tate–Shafarevich group $Ш(E/k)$ realised as a subgroup of $\mathrm{WC}(E/k)$: the kernel of the localization map.
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The range of the embedding $Ш(E/k) \hookrightarrow \mathrm{WC}(E/k)$ equals the kernel of the localization map, providing the kernel description of the Tate–Shafarevich group.
User-facing form of TateShafarevich.range_eq_ker_axiom: the image of
$Ш(E/k)$ in $\mathrm{WC}(E/k)$ is exactly the kernel of the localization map.
Membership criterion: $x \in Ш(E/k)$ iff its image under the localization map is zero.
The set of $\bar k$-rational points of the Jacobian of $C$, used as base points for the elliptic-curve structure of $C \otimes_k \bar k$.
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The set of $\bar k$-rational points of the Jacobian is nonempty, witnessed by the identity element.
Given a $\bar k$-point $O$ of $C$, the associated elliptic curve over $\bar k$ obtained by translating the Weierstrass model so that $O$ becomes the identity.
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An elliptic curve bundles an IsElliptic instance on its underlying
Weierstrass curve, registered for typeclass search.
Changing the base point $O \mapsto O'$ on a genus-one curve $C$ yields an isomorphism of the associated elliptic curves over $\bar k$ via an explicit Weierstrass variable change.
The $j$-invariant of the elliptic curve $C_O$ associated to $C$ at a base point $O$ is independent of the choice of base point.
The $j$-invariant $j(C) \in k$ of a genus-one curve $C$, defined as the $j$-invariant of its Jacobian.
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Definitional unfolding: $j(C) = j(\mathrm{Jac}(C))$.
Theorem 26.4 ($\Rightarrow$). If $W_1$ and $W_2$ become isomorphic over the algebraic closure $\bar k$, then they have the same $j$-invariant.
Theorem 26.4 ($\Leftarrow$). If two elliptic Weierstrass curves over $k$ share the same $j$-invariant, they become isomorphic after base change to $\bar k$.
Theorem 26.4. Two elliptic Weierstrass curves over $k$ have equal $j$-invariant if and only if they become isomorphic over the algebraic closure $\bar k$.