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The aim of this article is to describe a computational approach to the study of the arithmetic of modular curves Xo(N)and to give applications of these computations.
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Frey, G., Müller, M. (1999). Arithmetic of Modular Curves and Applications. In: Matzat, B.H., Greuel, GM., Hiss, G. (eds) Algorithmic Algebra and Number Theory. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59932-3_2
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