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Disparity in the statistics for quadratic twist families of elliptic curves

Presenter
April 13, 2011
Keywords:
  • arithmetic geometry
  • arithmetic statistics
  • algebraic geometry over finite fields
  • L-function
  • twisted L-function
  • character theory
  • rational points
  • asymptotic formulas for primes
  • error estimates
  • Selmer group
MSC:
  • 11Gxx
  • 11G40
  • 11G30
  • 11G20
  • 11G45
  • 11-xx
  • 11Kxx
  • 11Mxx
  • 11K31
  • 11K38
  • 11K65
Abstract
(From attached notes) The type of question we will examine has it roots in a famous result of Heath-Brown on the statistics of 2-Selmer ranks of a specific family of CM elliptic curves over Q related to the congruent number problem. This is the family E_D: Dy^2 = x^3-x for positive square-free integers D. The arithmetic of this family answers the question of whether or not D can be the common difference of an arithmetic progressions of squares of rational numbers.
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