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Kummer theory on the product of an elliptic curve by the multiplicative group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

D. Bertrand
Affiliation:
Centre de Mathématioues de L'Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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This note extends classical results on certain Galois groups attached to onedimensional algebraic groups. We prove that the fields arising from the division of a fixed set of rational points on the product of an elliptic curve by the multiplicative group are as “large” as possible.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1981

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