Mordell–Weil groups and Zariski triples

Abstract

We prove the existence of three irreducible curves $C_{12,m}$ of degree 12 with the same number of cusps and different Alexander polynomials. This exhibits a Zariski triple. Moreover we provide a set of generators for the elliptic threefold with constant $j$-invariant 0 and discriminant curve $C_{12,m}$. Finally we consider a general degree $d$ base change of $C_{12d,m}$ and calculate the dimension of the equisingular deformation space.