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Modular curves and Serre's open image theorem

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June 27, 2025
Abstract
We will survey a few results on modular curves that arise from Serre's open image theorem for elliptic curves over the rationals. Mazur's Program B loosely asks for a complete classification of the possible images in Serre's theorem. We will discuss how close/far we are from addressing Program B over the rationals and we will highlight a finite number of modular curves whose rational points should be further studied. We also consider quadratic points over modular curves.