The modular curve $X_{17}$

Curve name $X_{17}$
Index $6$
Level $8$
Genus $0$
Does the subgroup contain $-I$? Yes
Generating matrices $ \left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 0 \\ 2 & 1 \end{matrix}\right], \left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 7 \end{matrix}\right], \left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 1 \\ 0 & 5 \end{matrix}\right]$
Images in lower levels
LevelIndex of imageCorresponding curve
$2$ $3$ $X_{6}$
$4$ $3$ $X_{6}$
Meaning/Special name Elliptic curves that acquire full $2$-torsion over $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{2})$
Chosen covering $X_{6}$
Curves that $X_{17}$ minimally covers $X_{5}$, $X_{6}$
Curves that minimally cover $X_{17}$ $X_{37}$, $X_{40}$, $X_{41}$, $X_{44}$
Curves that minimally cover $X_{17}$ and have infinitely many rational points. $X_{37}$, $X_{40}$, $X_{41}$, $X_{44}$
Model \[\mathbb{P}^{1}, \mathbb{Q}(X_{17}) = \mathbb{Q}(f_{17}), f_{6} = \frac{48f_{17}^{2} + 32}{f_{17}^{2} - 2}\]
Info about rational points None
Comments on finding rational points None
Elliptic curve whose $2$-adic image is the subgroup $y^2 + xy + y = x^3 - 36x - 70$, with conductor $14$
Generic density of odd order reductions $5123/21504$

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