Elliptic curves, conics and cubic congruences associated with indefinite binary quadratic forms


Ahmet Tekcan, Arzu Özkoç, Betül Gezer, Osman Bizim




In this paper we consider elliptic curves, conics and cubic congruences over finite fields associated with indefinite binary quadratic forms $F_i$ in the proper cycle of $F=(1,7,-6)$. We determine the number of rational points on elliptic curves $E_{F_i}:y^2=a_ix^3+b_ix^2+c_ix$ and conics $C_{F_i}:a_ix^2+b_ix^y+c_iy^2-N=0$ over $\mathbb F_{73}$, where $N\in\mathbb F_{73}^*$ and $F_i=(a_i,b_i,c_i)$ be any form in the proper cycle of $F$. In the last section, we consider the number integer solutions of cubic congruences $C_{F_i}:x^3+a_ix^2+b_ix+C_i=0(\mod73)$ associated with $F_i$.