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Quadratic twists of elliptic curves and class numbers.
- Source :
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Journal of Number Theory . Oct2021, Vol. 227, p1-29. 29p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- For positive rank r elliptic curves E (Q) , we employ ideal class pairings E (Q) × E − D (Q) → CL (− D) , for quadratic twists E − D (Q) with a suitable "small y -height" rational point, to obtain explicit class number lower bounds that improve on earlier work by the authors. For the curves E (a) : y 2 = x 3 − a , with rank r (a) , this gives h (− D) ≥ 1 10 ⋅ | E tor (Q) | R Q (E) ⋅ π r (a) 2 2 r (a) Γ (r (a) 2 + 1) ⋅ log (D) r (a) 2 log log D , representing a general improvement to the classical lower bound of Goldfeld, Gross and Zagier when r (a) ≥ 3. We prove that the number of twists E − D (a) (Q) with such a suitable point (resp. with such a point and rank ≥2 under the Parity Conjecture) is ≫ a , ε X 1 2 − ε. We give infinitely many cases where r (a) ≥ 6. These results can be viewed as an analogue of the classical estimate of Gouvêa and Mazur for the number of rank ≥2 quadratic twists, where in addition we obtain "log-power" improvements to the Goldfeld-Gross-Zagier class number lower bound. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ELLIPTIC curves
*RATIONAL points (Geometry)
*R-curves
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0022314X
- Volume :
- 227
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Number Theory
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151155147
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnt.2021.03.002