Reduction and isogenies of elliptic curves

Let $R$ be a complete discrete valuation ring with fraction field $K$ and perfect residue field $k$ of characteristic $p>0$. Let $E/K$ be an elliptic curve with a $K$-rational isogeny of prime degree $\ell$. In this article, we study the possible Kodaira types of reduction that $E/K$ can have. We also prove some related results for elliptic curves over $\mathbb{Q}$.Comment: Preprint. Submitted for publicatio

Universal quadratic forms and Dedekind zeta functions

We study universal quadratic forms over totally real number fields using Dedekind zeta functions. In particular, we prove an explicit upper bound for the rank of universal quadratic forms over a given number field $K$, under the assumption that the codifferent of $K$ is generated by a totally positive element. Motivated by a possible path to remove that assumption, we also investigate the smallest number of generators for the positive part of ideals in totally real numbers fields.Comment: 12 pages. Preprin