New York Journal of Mathematics
Volume 5 (1999) 115-120

  

Graham Everest

Explicit Local Heights


Published: July 29, 1999
Keywords: Elliptic Curve, Canonical Height, Jensen's Formula
Subject: 11C08

Abstract
A new proof is given for the explicit formulae for the non-archimedean canonical height on an elliptic curve. This arises as a direct calculation of the Haar integral in the elliptic Jensen formula.

Author information

School of Mathematics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ, England
g.everest@uea.ac.uk
http://www.mth.uea.ac.uk/~h090/