Congruent Elliptic Curves with Non-trivial Shafarevich-Tate Groups

Abstract

We study a subclass of congruent elliptic curves $E^{(n)}: y^2=x^3-n^2x$, where $n$ is a positive integer congruent to $1\pmod 8$ with all prime factors congruent to $1\pmod 4$. We characterize such $E^{(n)}$ with Mordell-Weil rank zero and $2$-primary part of Shafarevich-Tate group isomorphic to $\big(\mathbb Z/2\mathbb Z \big)^2$. We also discuss such $E^{(n)}$ with 2-primary part of Shafarevich-Tate group isomorphic to $\big(\mathbb Z/2\mathbb Z \big)^{2k}$ with $k\ge2$.