Let P be a nontorsion rational point on an elliptic curve E, given by a minimal Weierstrass equation, and write the first coordinate of nP as A n a D n2, a fraction in lowest terms. The sequence of values D n is the elliptic divisibility sequence (EDS) associated to P. A prime p is a primitive divisor of D n if p divides D n, and p does not divide any earlier term in the sequence. The Zsigmondy set for P is the set of n such that D n has no primitive divisors. It is known that Z is finite. In the first part of the paper we prove various uniform bounds for the size of the Zsigmondy set, including (1) if the j-invariant of E is integral, then the size of the Zsigmondy set is bounded independently of E and P, and (2) if the abc Conjecture is true, then the size of the Zsigmondy set is bounded independently of E and P for all curves and points. In the second part of the paper, we derive upper bounds for the maximum element in the Zsigmondy set for points on twists of a fixed elliptic curve.
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Ingram, P., & Silverman, J. H. (2012). Uniform estimates for primitive divisors in elliptic divisibility sequences. In Number Theory, Analysis and Geometry: In Memory of Serge Lang (Vol. 9781461412601, pp. 243–271). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1260-1_12
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