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isogeny

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The condition of being isogenous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

An epimorphism of group schemes that is surjective and has a finite kernel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: algebraic-geometry, category-theory, computing, engineering, geometry, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • 2002, Mireille Fouquet, François Morain, Isogeny Volcanoes and the SEA Algorithm, Claus Fieker, David R. Kohel (editors), Algorithmic Number Theory: 5th International Symposium, Proceedings, Springer, LNCS 2369, page 279, Lemma 2.2 Let E be an elliptic curve such that Z [π] is maximal at l. If there exists an l-isogeny of E, then this l-isogeny is an horizontal l-isogeny.
  • 2005, Fred Diamond, Jerry Shurman, A First Course in Modular Forms, Springer, page 29, The dual isogeny of an isomorphism is its inverse. The dual of a composition of isogenies is the composition of the duals in the reverse order. If φ is an isogeny and ̂φ is its dual then the formulas φ(z+Λ)=mz+Λ', φ(z'+Λ')=( operatorname φ/m)z'+Λ show that also φ∘̂φ=[ operatorname deg(φ)]=[ operatorname deg(̂φ)], so that φ is in turn the dual isogeny of its dual ̂φ. Isogeny of complex tori, rather than isomorphism, will turn out to be the appropriate equivalence relation in the context of modular forms.

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History

Etymology

From iso- + -geny.

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  • Finnish: isogenia — epimorphism of group schemes that is surjective and has a finite kernel