The Effect of Quadratic Base Change on Torsion

Irmak Balçık, Burton Newman

Published 2023-10-05Version 1

Let $K$ be a quadratic field and $E$ an elliptic curve defined over $K$ such that $E(K)[2]\simeq C_2.$ In this paper, we study the effect of quadratic base change on $E(K)_{\text{tor}}.$ In particular, we examine the growth of $E(K)_{\text{tor}}$ upon quadratic base change when $K$ is any quadratic cyclotomic field. In addition, for a given elliptic curve $E/K$ with prescribed torsion group over $K,$ (no restriction on its $2$-torsion part) we describe an algorithm to find all quadratic extensions $L/K$ in which $E(K)_{\text{tor}} \subsetneq E(L)_{\text{tor}}$ and describe $E(L)_{\text{tor}}$ in each such case.