> E:=EllipticCurve(CremonaDatabase(),"4862D"); > E; Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 + x*y + y = x^3 - x^2 - 10730944*x - 13560247581 over Rational Field > factor(Discriminant(E)); [ <2, 17>, <11, 5>, <13, 7>, <17, 2> ] > modular_degree:=247520; // database lookup > factor($1); [ <2, 1>, <11, 1>, <13, 1> ] // possible level-lowering congruences. > // Thus the mod 2, mod 11, and mod 13 representations have a reasonable > // a chance to be unramified at a prime in {2,11,13,17}. > // Here's an example: > WeierstrassModel(E); Elliptic Curve defined by y^2 = x^3 - 13907303019*x - 632792076853914 > K:=NumberField(x^3 - 13907303019*x - 632792076853914 ); > factor(Discriminant(K)); [ <2, 3>, <11, 1>, <13, 1> ] > // So, the mod 2 representations in unramified at 17 -- this means we > // should be able to knock 17 out of the level. Yep, 286B satisfies a mod-2 congruence. >>>> The real monster is to lower the level to level 2431. At level 2431, I computed mod 17 and, at least for the first few Fourier coefficient, *did* find a form that is congruent to the newform attached to E. I didn't bother to decompose this space. The mod 17 congruence is not with a Q-rational newform. ----- There are no other congruences because the other geometric component groups are divisible by 5 and 7, which have nothing to do with the level.