The modular curve $X_{4}$

Curve name $X_{4}$
Index $2$
Level $8$
Genus $0$
Does the subgroup contain $-I$? Yes
Generating matrices $ \left[ \begin{matrix} 7 & 7 \\ 0 & 1 \end{matrix}\right], \left[ \begin{matrix} 5 & 0 \\ 1 & 1 \end{matrix}\right]$
Images in lower levels
LevelIndex of imageCorresponding curve
$2$ $1$ $X_{1}$
$4$ $1$ $X_{1}$
Meaning/Special name Elliptic curves whose discriminant is minus twice a square
Chosen covering $X_{1}$
Curves that $X_{4}$ minimally covers $X_{1}$
Curves that minimally cover $X_{4}$ $X_{19}$, $X_{22}$
Curves that minimally cover $X_{4}$ and have infinitely many rational points. $X_{19}$, $X_{22}$
Model \[\mathbb{P}^{1}, \mathbb{Q}(X_{4}) = \mathbb{Q}(f_{4}), f_{1} = -2f_{4}^{2} + 1728\]
Info about rational points None
Comments on finding rational points None
Elliptic curve whose $2$-adic image is the subgroup $y^2 + xy + y = x^3 - x - 2$, with conductor $50$
Generic density of odd order reductions $3755/7168$

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