Rank 0 Quadratic Twists of a Family of Elliptic Curves

In this paper, we consider a family of elliptic curves over with 2-torsion part ₂. We prove that, for every such elliptic curve, a positive proportion of quadratic twists have Mordell–Weil rank 0.     

Ranks of twists of elliptic curves and Hilbert’s tenth problem

In this paper we investigate the 2-Selmer rank in families of quadratic twists of elliptic curves over arbitrary number fields. We give sufficient conditions on an elliptic curve so that it has twists of arbitrary 2-Selmer rank, and we give lower bounds for the number of twists (with bounded conductor) that have a given 2-Selmer rank. As a consequence, under appropriate hypotheses we can find many twists with trivial Mordell-Weil group, and (assuming the Shafarevich-Tate conjecture) many others with infinite cyclic Mordell-Weil group. Using work of Poonen and Shlapentokh, it follows from our results that if the Shafarevich-Tate conjecture holds, then Hilbert’s Tenth Problem has a negative answer over the ring of integers of every number field.     

High rank elliptic curves with prescribed torsion group over quadratic fields

There are 26 possibilities for the torsion groups of elliptic curves defined over quadratic number fields. We present examples of high rank elliptic curves with a given torsion group which set the current rank records for most of the torsion groups. In particular, we show that for each possible torsion group, except maybe for \(\mathbb {Z}/15\mathbb {Z}\) , there exists an elliptic curve over some quadratic field with this torsion group and with rank \(\ge 2\) .     

Density of positive rank fibers in elliptic fibrations

A question of Mazur asks whether for any non-constant elliptic fibration {Er}_r∈Q, the set {r∈Q:rank(Er(Q))>0}, if infinite, is dense in R (with respect to the Euclidean topology). This has been proved to be true for the family of quadratic twists of a fixed elliptic curve by a quadratic or a cubic polynomial. Here we settle Mazur's question affirmatively for the general quadratic and cubic fibrations. Moreover we show that our method works when Q is replaced by any real number field.     

Rational torsion on optimal curves and rank-one quadratic twists

When an elliptic curve E^′/Q of square-free conductor N has a rational point of odd prime order l?N, Dummigan (2005) in [Du] explicitly constructed a rational point of order l on the optimal curve E, isogenous over Q to E^′, under some conditions. In this paper, we show that his construction also works unconditionally. And applying it to Heegner points of elliptic curves, we find a family of elliptic curves E^′/Q such that a positive proportion of quadratic twists of E^′ has (analytic) rank 1. This family includes the infinite family of elliptic curves of the same property in Byeon, Jeon, and Kim (2009) [B-J-K].     

On Quadratic Twists of Elliptic Curves and Some Applications of a Refined Version of Yu's Formula

In this article, we study some cohomology groups and quadratic twists of elliptic curves, and apply Tate local duality and the results of Kramer–Tunnell on local norm cokernel to give a refined version of Yu's formula in the case of elliptic curves. Then, by using this refinement formula, we obtain explicit orders of Shafarevich–Tate groups of some elliptic curves in quadratic number fields, including a few unconditional cases.     

Low-lying zeros in families of elliptic curve L-functions over function fields

We investigate the low-lying zeros in families of L-functions attached to quadratic and cubic twists of elliptic curves defined over ${\mathbb{F}}_q(T)$. In particular, we present precise expressions for the expected values of traces of high powers of the Frobenius class in these families with a focus on the lower order behavior. As an application we obtain results on one-level densities and we verify that these elliptic curve families have orthogonal symmetry type. In the quadratic twist families our results refine previous work of Comeau-Lapointe. Moreover, in this case we find a lower order term in the one-level density reminiscent of the deviation term found by Rudnick in the hyperelliptic ensemble. On the other hand, our investigation is the first to treat these questions in families of cubic twists of elliptic curves and in this case it turns out to be more complicated to isolate lower order terms due to a larger degree of cancellation among lower order contributions.     

Distribution of Selmer groups of quadratic twists of a family of elliptic curves

We study the distribution of the size of the Selmer groups arising from a 2-isogeny and its dual 2-isogeny for quadratic twists of elliptic curves with full 2-torsion points in Q. We show that one of these Selmer groups is almost always bounded, while the 2-rank of the other follows a Gaussian distribution. This provides us with a small Tate-Shafarevich group and a large Tate-Shafarevich group. When combined with a result obtained by Yu [G. Yu, On the quadratic twists of a family of elliptic curves, Mathematika 52 (1-2) (2005) 139-154 (2006)], this shows that the mean value of the 2-rank of the large Tate-Shafarevich group for square-free positive integers n less than X is , as X→∞.     

On Mordell-Weil Lattices of Type D5

We establish the analogue for D₅ of the theory of algebraic equation of type E_r (T. SHIODA: Construction of elliptic curves with high rank via the invariants of the Weyl groups, J. Math. Soc. Japan 43 , 1991, No. 4, 673-719), which is one of the results of the theory of Mordell-Weil lattices. As an application, we give a method of constructing an elliptic curve over Q(t) with rank 5, together with explicit generators of the Mordell-Weil group.     

Non-vanishing of central L-values of canonical CM elliptic curves with quadratic twists

The aim of this paper is to extend results of Rorlich, Villegas and Yang about the non-vanishing of central L-values of canonical characters of imaginary quadratic fields over the rationals. One of the new ingredients in our paper is the local computations at the place “2”. Therefore, we extend their non-vanishing results to include imaginary quadratic fields of even discriminant. As a consequence, we show that the rank of the Mordell–Weil groups of certain canonical CM elliptic curves are zero.     

Computing the rank of elliptic curves over real quadratic number fields of class number 1

In this paper we describe an algorithm for computing the rank of an elliptic curve defined over a real quadratic field of class number one. This algorithm extends the one originally described by Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer for curves over . Several examples are included.

     

An Elliott-type theorem for twists of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis>-functions of elliptic curves

A limit theorem involving an increasing modulus of the character is obtained for twists with the Dirichlet character of L-functions of elliptic curves.     

Algebraic points on Shimura curves of Γ0(p)-type (II)

In a previous article, we proved that for a quadratic field, there are at most elliptic points on a Shimura curve of Γ₀(p)-type for every sufficiently large prime number p. This is an analogue of the study of rational points on the modular curve X ₀(p) by Mazur and Momose. In this article, we expand the previous result for Shimura curves to the case of number fields of higher degree, which seems unknown for X ₀(p).     

The modularity of some Q-curves

A Q-curve is an elliptic curve, defined over a number field, that is isogenous to each of its Galois conjugates. Ribet showed that Serre's conjectures imply that such curves should be modular. Let E be an elliptic curve defined over a quadratic field such that E is 3-isogenous to its Galois conjugate. We give an algorithm for proving any such E is modular and give an explicit example involving a quotient of J_o (169). As a by-product, we obtain a pair of 19-isogenous elliptic curves, and relate this to the existence of a rational point of order 19 on J₁ (13).     

Finding rational points on bielliptic genus 2 curves

We discuss a technique for trying to find all rational points on curves of the form Y ²=f ₃ X ⁶+f ₂ X ⁴+f ₁ X ²+f ₀, where the sextic has nonzero discriminant. This is a bielliptic curve of genus 2. When the rank of the Jacobian is 0 or 1, Chabauty's Theorem may be applied. However, we shall concentrate on the situation when the rank is at least 2. In this case, we shall derive an associated family of elliptic curves, defined over a number field ℚα. If each of these elliptic curves has rank less than the degree of ℚα : ℚ, then we shall describe a Chabauty-like technique which may be applied to try to find all the points (x,y) defined over ℚα) on the elliptic curves, for which x∈ℚ. This in turn allows us to find all ℚ-rational points on the original genus 2 curve. We apply this to give a solution to a problem of Diophantus (where the sextic in X is irreducible over ℚ), which simplifies the recent solution of Wetherell. We also present two examples where the sextic in X is reducible over ℚ. Received: 27 November 1998 / Revised version: 4 June 1999     

Elliptic curves of rank zero satisfying the p-part of the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture

Let ${p \in \{3,5,7\}}$ and ${E/\mathbb{Q}}$ an elliptic curve with a rational point P of order p. Let D be a square-free integer and E _D the D-quadratic twist of E. Vatsal (Duke Math J 98:397–419, 1999) found some conditions such that E _D has (analytic) rank zero and Frey (Can J Math 40:649–665, 1988) found some conditions such that the p-Selmer group of E _D is trivial. In this paper, we will consider a family of E _D satisfying both of the conditions of Vatsal and Frey and show that the p-part of the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture is true for these elliptic curves E _D . As a corollary we will show that there are infinitely many elliptic curves ${E/\mathbb{Q}}$ such that for a positive portion of D, E _D has rank zero and satisfies the 3-part of the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture. Previously only a finite number of such curves were known, due to James (J Number Theory 15:199–202, 1982).     

Ray class fields generated by torsion points of certain elliptic curves

We first normalize the derivative Weierstrass ???-function appearing in the Weierstrass equations which give rise to analytic parametrizations of elliptic curves, by the Dedekind ??-function. And, by making use of this normalization of ???, we associate a certain elliptic curve to a given imaginary quadratic field K and then generate an infinite family of ray class fields over K by adjoining to K torsion points of such an elliptic curve. We further construct some ray class invariants of imaginary quadratic fields by utilizing singular values of the normalization of ???, as the y-coordinate in the Weierstrass equation of this elliptic curve, which would be a partial result towards the Lang?CSchertz conjecture of constructing ray class fields over K by means of the Siegel?CRamachandra invariant.     

Explicit Heegner points: Kolyvagin's conjecture and non-trivial elements in the Shafarevich-Tate group

Kolyvagin used Heegner points to associate a system of cohomology classes to an elliptic curve over Q and conjectured that the system contains a non-trivial class. His conjecture has profound implications on the structure of Selmer groups. We provide new computational and theoretical evidence for Kolyvagin's conjecture. More precisely, we explicitly approximate Heegner points over ring class fields and use these points to give evidence for the conjecture for specific elliptic curves of rank two. We explain how Kolyvagin's conjecture implies that if the analytic rank of an elliptic curve is at least two then the Zp-corank of the corresponding Selmer group is at least two as well. We also use explicitly computed Heegner points to produce non-trivial classes in the Shafarevich-Tate group.     

Some families of Mordell curves associated to cubic fields

We introduce some Mordell curves of two different natures both of which are associated to cubic fields. One set of them consists of those elliptic curves whose rational points over the rational number field are described by or closely related to cubic fields. The other is a one-parameter family of Mordell curves which gives all (cyclic) cubic twists and all quadratic twists of the Fermat curve X³+Y³+Z³=0.     

Quadratic centers defining elliptic surfaces

Let X be a quadratic vector field with a center whose generic orbits are algebraic curves of genus one. To each X we associate an elliptic surface (a smooth complex compact surface which is a genus one fibration). We give the list of all such vector fields and determine the corresponding elliptic surfaces.