Merel's theorem on the boundedness of the torsion of elliptic curves

Marusia Rebolledo (1)

1 LMBP - Laboratoire de Mathématiques Blaise Pascal

The goal of this note is to give the key steps of the proof of Merel's theorem on the boundedness of the torsion of elliptic curves

Mots clés: Elliptic curves; Modular symbols

Domaines: Théorie des nombres [math.NT]

Marusia Rebolledo. Merel's theorem on the boundedness of the torsion of elliptic curves. Arithmetic geometry, American Mathematical Society, pp.71-82, 2009. ⟨hal-00483912⟩