A question about points on an elliptic curve with prime denominator

Abstract

Let E be an elliptic curve defined by a Weierstrass equation with integer coefficients. Any rational point on E other than the identity is of the form ( x(P) / z(P)2 , y(P) / z(P)3 ) where x(P), y(P) ∈ Z and z(P) ∈ N and in addition both ( x(P) , z(P) ) = 1 and ( y(P) , z(P) ) = 1 hold. The question is: how often is z(P) a prime number?

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