Quadratic points on modular curves with infinite Mordell--Weil group

Abstract

Bruin--Najman and Ozman--Siksek have recently determined the quadratic points on all modular curves $X_0(N)$ of genus 2, 3, 4, and 5 whose Mordell--Weil group has rank 0. In this paper we do the same for the $X_0(N)$ of genus 2, 3, 4, and 5 and positive Mordell--Weil rank. The values of $N$ are 37, 43, 53, 61, 57, 65, 67 and 73. The main tool used is a relative symmetric Chabauty method, in combination with the Mordell--Weil sieve. Often the quadratic points are not finite, as the degree 2 map $X_0(N)\to X_0(N{)}^{+}$ can be a source of infinitely many such points. In such cases, we describe this map and the rational points on $X_0(N{)}^{+}$, and we specify the exceptional quadratic points on $X_0(N)$ not coming from $X_0(N{)}^{+}$. In particular we determine the $j$-invariants of the corresponding elliptic curves and whether they are $\mathbb{Q}$-curves or have complex multiplication.

The Magma computations supporting this paper can be found at https://github.com/joshabox/quadraticpoints