The modular curve $X_{2a}$

Curve name $X_{2a}$
Index $4$
Level $4$
Genus $0$
Does the subgroup contain $-I$? No
Generating matrices $ \left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 2 \end{matrix}\right], \left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 0 \\ 2 & 3 \end{matrix}\right]$
Images in lower levels
LevelIndex of imageCorresponding curve
$2$ $2$ $X_{2}$
Meaning/Special name
Chosen covering $X_{2}$
Curves that $X_{2a}$ minimally covers
Curves that minimally cover $X_{2a}$
Curves that minimally cover $X_{2a}$ and have infinitely many rational points.
Model $\mathbb{P}^{1}$, a universal elliptic curve over an appropriate base is given by \[y^2 = x^3 + A(t)x + B(t), \text{ where}\] \[A(t) = -27t^{6} - 139968t^{4} - 241864704t^{2} - 139314069504\] \[B(t) = 54t^{9} + 373248t^{7} + 967458816t^{5} + 1114512556032t^{3} + 481469424205824t\]
Info about rational points
Comments on finding rational points None
Elliptic curve whose $2$-adic image is the subgroup $y^2 = x^3 + x^2 - 114x - 127$, with conductor $196$
Generic density of odd order reductions $121/168$

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