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2. Distribution of moments of Hurwitz class numbers in arithmetic progressions and holomorphic projection.
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Kane, Ben and Pujahari, Sudhir
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TRACE formulas , *ELLIPTIC curves , *FINITE fields , *ARITHMETIC series - Abstract
In this paper, we study moments of Hurwitz class numbers associated to imaginary quadratic orders restricted into fixed arithmetic progressions. In particular, we fix t in an arithmetic progression t\equiv m\ \, \left (\operatorname {mod} \, M \right) and consider the ratio of the 2k-th moment to the zeroeth moment for H(4n-t^2) as one varies n. The special case n=p^r yields as a consequence asymptotic formulas for moments of the trace t\equiv m\ \, \left (\operatorname {mod} \, M \right) of Frobenius on elliptic curves over finite fields with p^r elements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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3. Betti and Hodge numbers of configuration spaces of a punctured elliptic curve from its zeta functions.
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Cheong, Gilyoung and Huang, Yifeng
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CONFIGURATION space , *ZETA functions , *BETTI numbers , *ELLIPTIC curves , *FINITE fields , *GENERATING functions - Abstract
Given an elliptic curve E defined over \mathbb {C}, let E^{\times } be an open subset of E obtained by removing a point. In this paper, we show that the i-th Betti number of the unordered configuration space \mathrm {Conf}^{n}(E^{\times }) of n points on E^{\times } appears as a coefficient of an explicit rational function in two variables. We also compute its Hodge numbers as coefficients of another explicit rational function in four variables. Our result is interesting because these rational functions resemble the generating function of the \mathbb {F}_{q}-point counts of \mathrm {Conf}^{n}(E^{\times }), which can be obtained from the zeta function of E over any fixed finite field \mathbb {F}_{q}. We show that the mixed Hodge structure of the i-th singular cohomology group H^{i}(\mathrm {Conf}^{n}(E^{\times })) with complex coefficients is pure of weight w(i), an explicit integer we provide in this paper. This purity statement implies our main result about the Betti numbers and the Hodge numbers. Our proof uses Totaro's spectral sequence computation that describes the weight filtration of the mixed Hodge structure on H^{i}(\mathrm {Conf}^{n}(E^{\times })). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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4. Geometry of the moduli of parabolic bundles on elliptic curves.
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Vargas, Néstor Fernández
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ELLIPTIC curves , *VECTOR bundles , *GEOMETRY , *AUTOMORPHISMS , *HYPERELLIPTIC integrals - Abstract
The goal of this paper is the study of simple rank 2 parabolic vector bundles over a 2-punctured elliptic curve C. We show that the moduli space of these bundles is a non-separated gluing of two charts isomorphic to P1 × P1. We also showcase a special curve Γ isomorphic to C embedded in this space, and this way we prove a Torelli theorem. This moduli space is related to the moduli space of semistable parabolic bundles over P1 via a modular map which turns out to be the 2:1 cover ramified in Γ. We recover the geometry of del Pezzo surfaces of degree 4 and we reconstruct all their automorphisms via elementary transformations of parabolic vector bundles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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5. The number of quartic D_4-fields with monogenic cubic resolvent ordered by conductor.
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Tsang, Cindy (Sin Yi) and Xiao, Stanley Yao
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RINGS of integers , *ELLIPTIC curves , *RESOLVENTS (Mathematics) , *BIRCH - Abstract
In this paper, we consider maximal and irreducible quartic orders which arise from integral binary quartic forms, via the construction of Birch and Merriman, and whose field of fractions is a quartic D_4-field. By a theorem of Wood, such quartic orders may be regarded as quartic D_4-fields whose ring of integers has a monogenic cubic resolvent. We shall determine the asymptotic number of such objects when ordered by conductor. We shall also give a lower bound, which we suspect has the correct order of magnitude, and a slightly larger upper bound for the number of such objects when ordered by discriminant. A simplified version of the techniques used allows us to give a count for those elliptic curves with a marked rational 2-torsion point when ordered by discriminant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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6. On a theorem of Bertolini-Darmon on the rationality of Stark-Heegner points over genus fields of real quadratic fields.
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Mok, Chung Pang
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RATIONAL numbers , *L-functions , *QUADRATIC equations , *ELLIPTIC curves , *SQUARE , *QUADRATIC fields , *BIRCH - Abstract
In this paper, we remove certain hypotheses in the theorem of Bertolini-Darmon on the rationality of Stark-Heegner points over narrow genus class fields of real quadratic fields. Along the way, we establish that certain normalized special values of L-functions are squares of rational numbers, a result that is of independent interest, and can be regarded as instances of the rank zero case of the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture modulo squares. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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7. Erratum: Statistics for Iwasawa invariants of elliptic curves.
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Kundu, Debanjana and Ray, Anwesh
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ELLIPTIC curves , *STATISTICS - Abstract
We provide some minor corrections to our paper "Statistics for Iwasawa invariants of elliptic curves". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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8. Torsion points of order 2g+1 on odd degree hyperelliptic curves of genus g.
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Bekker, Boris M. and Zarhin, Yuri G.
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HYPERELLIPTIC integrals , *JACOBIAN matrices , *ELLIPTIC curves , *TORSION theory (Algebra) , *CURVES , *MATHEMATICS - Abstract
Let K be an algebraically closed field of characteristic different from 2, let g be a positive integer, let ƒ(x) \in K[x] be a degree 2g+1 monic polynomial without multiple roots, let Cƒ: y2 = ƒ(x) be the corresponding genus g hyperelliptic curve over K, and let J be the Jacobian of Cƒ. We identify Cƒ with the image of its canonical embedding into J (the infinite point of Cƒ goes to the zero of the group law on J). It is known [Izv. Math. 83 (2019), pp. 501-520] that if g ≥ 2, then Cƒ(K) contains no points of orders lying between 3 and 2g. In this paper we study torsion points of order 2g + 1 on Cƒ(K). Despite the striking difference between the cases of g = 1 and g ≥ 2, some of our results may be viewed as a generalization of well-known results about points of order 3 on elliptic curves. E.g., if p = 2g + 1 is a prime that coincides with char(K), then every odd degree genus g hyperelliptic curve contains at most two points of order p. If g is odd and ƒ(x) has real coefficients, then there are at most two real points of order 2g + 1 on Cƒ. If ƒ(x) has rational coefficients and g ≤ 51, then there are at most two rational points of order 2g+1 on Cƒ. (However, there exist odd degree genus 52 hyperelliptic curves over Q that have at least four rational points of order 105.) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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9. Bott vanishing for algebraic surfaces.
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Totaro, Burt
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ALGEBRAIC surfaces , *PICARD number , *VANISHING theorems , *PROJECTIVE spaces , *ELLIPTIC curves , *TORIC varieties , *SHEAF theory - Abstract
Bott proved a strong vanishing theorem for sheaf cohomology on projective space. It holds for toric varieties, but not for most other varieties. We prove Bott vanishing for the quintic del Pezzo surface, also known as the moduli space M0,5 of 5-pointed stable curves of genus zero. This is the first non-toric Fano variety for which Bott vanishing has been shown, answering a question by Achinger, Witaszek, and Zdanowicz. In another direction, we prove sharp results on which K3 surfaces satisfy Bott vanishing. For example, a K3 surface with Picard number 1 satisfies Bott vanishing if and only if the degree is 20 or at least 24. For K3 surfaces of any Picard number, we have complete results when the degree is big enough. We build on Beauville, Mori, and Mukai's work on moduli spaces of K3 surfaces, as well as recent advances by Arbarello-Bruno-Sernesi, Ciliberto-Dedieu-Sernesi, and Feyzbakhsh. The most novel aspect of the paper is our analysis of Bott vanishing for K3 surfaces with an elliptic curve of low degree. (In other terminology, this concerns K3 surfaces that are monogonal, hyperelliptic, trigonal, or tetragonal.) It turns out that the crucial issue is whether an elliptic fibration has a certain special type of singular fiber. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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10. Pseudolattices, del Pezzo surfaces, and Lefschetz fibrations.
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Harder, Andrew and Thompson, Alan
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GROTHENDIECK groups , *ELLIPTIC curves - Abstract
Motivated by the relationship between numerical Grothendieck groups induced by the embedding of a smooth anticanonical elliptic curve into a del Pezzo surface, we define the notion of a quasi-del Pezzo homomorphism between pseudolattices and establish its basic properties. The primary aim of the paper is then to prove a classification theorem for quasi-del Pezzo homomorphisms, using a pseudolattice variant of the minimal model program. Finally, this result is applied to the classification of a certain class of genus 1 Lefschetz fibrations over discs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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11. EXPLICIT ROOT NUMBERS OF ABELIAN VARIETIES.
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BISATT, MATTHEW
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ABELIAN varieties , *ELLIPTIC curves , *FUNCTIONAL equations , *L-functions , *BIRCH - Abstract
The Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture predicts that the parity of the algebraic rank of an abelian variety over a global field should be controlled by the expected sign of the functional equation of its L-function, known as the global root number. In this paper, we give explicit formulae for the local root numbers as a product of Jacobi symbols. This enables one to compute the global root number, generalising work of Rohrlich, who studies the case of elliptic curves. We provide similar formulae for the root numbers after twisting the abelian variety by a self-dual Artin representation. As an application, we find a rational genus two hyperelliptic curve with a simple Jacobian whose root number is invariant under quadratic twist. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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12. AN EXPLICIT GROSS-ZAGIER FORMULA RELATED TO THE SYLVESTER CONJECTURE.
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YUEKE HU, JIE SHU, and HONGBO YIN
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SYLVESTER matrix equations , *PRIME numbers , *RATIONAL numbers , *LOGICAL prediction , *ELLIPTIC curves , *CUBES - Abstract
Let p = 4, 7 mod 9 be a rational prime number such that 3 mod p is not a cube. In this paper, we prove the 3-part of |III(Ep)| · |III(E3p²)| is as predicted by the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, where Ep : x3+y3 = p and E3p² : x³ + y³ = 3p² are the elliptic curves related to the Sylvester conjecture and cube sum problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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13. SYZ TRANSFORMS FOR IMMERSED LAGRANGIAN MULTISECTIONS.
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KWOKWAI CHAN and YAT-HIN SUEN
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VECTOR bundles , *ELLIPTIC curves , *MATHEMATICAL equivalence , *TORUS , *FOURIER transforms , *SYMPLECTIC manifolds , *COHOMOLOGY theory - Abstract
In this paper, we study the geometry of the SYZ transform on a semiflat Lagrangian torus fibration. Our starting point is an investigation on the relation between Lagrangian surgery of a pair of straight lines in a symplectic 2-torus and the extension of holomorphic vector bundles over the mirror elliptic curve, via the SYZ transform for immersed Lagrangian multisections defined by Arinkin and Joyce [Fukaya category and Fourier transform, AMS/IP Stud. Adv. Math., Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2001] and Leung, Yau, and Zaslow [Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. 4 (2000), no. 6, 1319-1341]. This study leads us to a new notion of equivalence between objects in the immersed Fukaya category of a general compact symplectic manifold (M, ω), under which the immersed Floer cohomology is invariant; in particular, this provides an answer to a question of Akaho and Joyce [J. Differential Geom. 86 (2010), no. 3, 831-500, Question 13.15]. Furthermore, if M admits a Lagrangian torus fibration over an integral affine manifold, we prove, under some additional assumptions, that this new equivalence is mirror to an isomorphism between holomorphic vector bundles over the dual torus fibration via the SYZ transform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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14. A MULTI-FREY APPROACH TO FERMAT EQUATIONS OF SIGNATURE (r, r, p).
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BILLEREY, NICOLAS, CHEN, IMIN, DIEULEFAIT, LUIS, and FREITAS, NUNO
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ELLIPTIC curves , *EQUATIONS , *INTEGERS , *EXPONENTS - Abstract
In this paper, we give a resolution of the generalized Fermat equations x5 + y5 = 3zn and x13 + y13 = 3zn, for all integers n ≥ 2 and all integers n ≥ 2 which are not a power of 7, respectively, using the modular method with Frey elliptic curves over totally real fields. The results require a refined application of the multi-Frey technique, which we show to be effective in new ways to reduce the bounds on the exponents n. We also give a number of results for the equations x5 + y5 = dzn, where d = 1, 2, under additional local conditions on the solutions. This includes a result which is reminiscent of the second case of Fermat’s Last Theorem and which uses a new application of level raising at p modulo p. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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15. ON THE STRUCTURE OF SELMER AND SHAFAREVICH–TATE GROUPS OF EVEN WEIGHT MODULAR FORMS.
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MASOERO, DANIELE
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MODULAR forms , *QUADRATIC fields , *ELLIPTIC curves , *MODULAR groups - Abstract
Under a non-torsion assumption on Heegner points, results of Kolyvagin describe the structure of Shafarevich–Tate groups of elliptic curves. In this paper we prove analogous results for (p-primary) Shafarevich–Tate groups associated with higher weight modular forms over imaginary quadratic fields satisfying a “Heegner hypothesis”. More precisely, we show that the structure of Shafarevich–Tate groups is controlled by cohomology classes built out of Nekovář's Heegner cycles on Kuga–Sato varieties. As an application of our main theorem, we improve on a result of Besser giving a bound on the order of these groups. As a second contribution, we prove a result on the structure of (p-primary) Selmer groups of modular forms in the sense of Bloch–Kato. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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16. EXOTIC ELLIPTIC ALGEBRAS.
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CHIRVASITU, ALEX and SMITH, S. PAUL
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ELLIPTIC curves , *POLYNOMIAL rings , *MATHEMATICAL variables , *ALGEBRA , *SHEAF theory - Abstract
The 4-dimensional Sklyanin algebras, over ℂ., A(E, τ), are constructed from an elliptic curve E and a translation automorphism τ of E. The Klein vierergruppe Γ acts as graded algebra automorphisms of A(E, τ). There is also an action of Γ as automorphisms of the matrix algebra M2(ℂ.) making it isomorphic to the regular representation. The main object of study in this paper is the invariant subalgebra à := A(E, τ)⊗M2(ℂ))Γ. Like A(E, τ), à is noetherian, generated by 4 degree-one elements modulo six quadratic relations, Koszul, Artin-Schelter regular of global dimension 4, has the same Hilbert series as the polynomial ring on 4 variables, satisfies the x condition, and so on. These results are special cases of general results proved for a triple (A, T, H) consisting of a Hopf algebra H, an (often graded) H-comodule algebra A, and an H-torsor T. Those general results involve transferring properties between A, A ⊗ T, and (A ⊗ T)coH. We then investigate à from the point of view of non-commutative projective geometry. We examine its point modules, line modules, and a certain quotient ... := Ã/(Θ,Θ') where Θ and Θ' are homogeneous central elements of degree two. In doing this we show that à differs from A in interesting ways. For example, the point modules for A are parametrized by E and 4 more points, whereas à has exactly 20 point modules. Although ... is not a twisted homogeneous coordinate ring in the sense of Artin and Van den Bergh, a certain quotient of the category of graded ...-modules is equivalent to the category of quasi-coherent sheaves on the curve E/E[2] where E[2] is the 2-torsion subgroup. We construct line modules for à that are parametrized by the disjoint union (E/(ξ1)) ⊔ (E/(ξ2)) ⊔ (E/(ξ3)) of the quotients of E by its three subgroups of order 2. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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17. GENERA OF BRILL-NOETHER CURVES AND STAIRCASE PATHS IN YOUNG TABLEAUX.
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CHAN, MELODY, LÓPEZ MARTÍN, ALBERTO, PFLUEGER, NATHAN, and I BIGAS, MONTSERRAT TEIXIDOR
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ELLIPTIC curves , *LINEAR statistical models , *TABLEAUX (Art) , *RANDOM numbers , *MATHEMATICS theorems - Abstract
In this paper, we compute the genus of the variety of linear series of rank r and degree d on a general curve of genus g, with ramification at least α and β at two given points, when that variety is 1-dimensional. Our proof uses degenerations and limit linear series along with an analysis of random staircase paths in Young tableaux, and produces an explicit scheme-theoretic description of the limit linear series of fixed rank and degree on a generic chain of elliptic curves when that scheme is itself a curve. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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18. COHOMOLOGICAL INVARIANTS OF ALGEBRAIC STACKS.
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PIRISI, ROBERTO
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INVARIANTS (Mathematics) , *ALGEBRAIC stacks , *COHOMOLOGY theory , *ELLIPTIC curves , *BRAUER groups - Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to lay the foundations of a theory of invariants in étale cohomology for smooth Artin stacks. We compute the invariants in the case of the stack of elliptic curves, and we use the theory we developed to get some results regarding Brauer groups of algebraic spaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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19. ON THE EXPLICIT TORSION ANOMALOUS CONJECTURE.
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CHECCOLI, S., VENEZIANO, F., and VIADA, E.
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VARIETIES (Universal algebra) , *EMBEDDINGS (Mathematics) , *ABELIAN varieties , *ELLIPTIC curves , *MATHEMATICAL bounds - Abstract
The Torsion Anomalous Conjecture states that an irreducible variety V embedded in a semi-abelian variety contains only finitely many maximal V -torsion anomalous varieties. In this paper we consider an irreducible variety embedded in a product of elliptic curves. Our main result provides a totally explicit bound for the N'eron-Tate height of all maximal V-torsion anomalous points of relative codimension one in the non-CM case, and an analogous effective result in the CM case. As an application, we obtain the finiteness of such points. In addition, we deduce some new explicit results in the context of the effective Mordell-Lang Conjecture; in particular we bound the N'eron-Tate height of the rational points of an explicit family of curves of increasing genus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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20. SELMER RANKS OF QUADRATIC TWISTS OF ELLIPTIC CURVES WITH PARTIAL RATIONAL TWO-TORSION.
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KLAGSBRUN, ZEV
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QUADRATIC equations , *ELLIPTIC curves , *ALGEBRAIC curves , *PARAMETRIC equations , *CURVILINEAR motion - Abstract
This paper investigates which integers can appear as 2-Selmer ranks within the quadratic twist family of an elliptic curve E defined over a number field K with E(K)[2] ≃ Z/2Z. We show that if E does not have a cyclic 4-isogeny defined over K(E[2]) with kernel containing E(K)[2], then subject only to constant 2-Selmer parity, each non-negative integer appears infinitely often as the 2-Selmer rank of a quadratic twist of E. If E has a cyclic 4-isogeny with kernel containing E(K)[2] defined over K(E[2]) but not over K, then we prove the same result for 2-Selmer ranks greater than or equal to r2, the number of complex places of K. We also obtain results about the minimum number of twists of E with rank 0 and, subject to standard conjectures, the number of twists with rank 1, provided E does not have a cyclic 4-isogeny defined over K. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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21. The modular variety of hyperelliptic curves of genus three.
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Eberhard Freitag and Riccardo Salvati Manni
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ELLIPTIC curves , *MODULAR forms , *ISOMORPHISM (Mathematics) , *ALGEBRA , *TRIANGLES , *MATHEMATICAL models - Abstract
The modular variety of nonsingular and complete hyperelliptic curves with level-two structure of genus $ 3$ It has 36 irreducible (isomorphic) components. One of the purposes of this paper will be to describe the equations of one of these components. Two further models use the fact that hyperelliptic curves of genus three can be obtained as coverings of a projective line with $ 8$, uses the semistable degenerated point configurations in $ (P^1)^8$ $ Y=\overline{\mathcal{B}/\Gamma[1-{\textrm i}]}.$ We use the standard notation $ \bar M_{0,8}$}[rr]& &X\;.} \end{displaymath} --> $\displaystyle \xymatrix{ &\bar M_{0,8}\ar[dl]\ar[dr]&\\ Y\ar@{-->}[rr]& &X\;.}$ The horizontal arrow is only birational but not everywhere regular. In this paper we find another realization of this triangle which uses the fact that there are graded algebras (closely related to algebras of modular forms) $ A,B$ $ X=\mathop{\rm proj}\nolimits(A), Y=\mathop{\rm proj}\nolimits(B).$ [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
22. Algebras associated to elliptic curves.
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Darin R. Stephenson
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ELLIPTIC curves , *ALGEBRA - Abstract
This paper completes the classification of Artin-Schelter regular algebras of global dimension three. For algebras generated by elements of degree one this has been achieved by Artin, Schelter, Tate and Van den Bergh. We are therefore concerned with algebras which are not generated in degree one. We show that there exist some exceptional algebras, each of which has geometric data consisting of an elliptic curve together with an automorphism, just as in the case where the algebras are assumed to be generated in degree one. In particular, we study the elliptic algebras $A(+)$, $A(-)$, and $A({\mathbf{a}})$, where ${\mathbf{a}}\in \BbP^{2}$, which were first defined in an earlier paper. We omit a set $S\subset \BbP^2$ consisting of 11 specified points where the algebras $A({\mathbf{a}})$ become too degenerate to be regular. \begin{thm} Let $A$ represent $A(+)$, $A(-)$ or $A({\mathbf{a}})$, where ${\mathbf{a}} \in \BbP^2\setminus S$. Then $A$ is an Artin-Schelter regular algebra of global dimension three. Moreover, $A$ is a Noetherian domain with the same Hilbert series as the (appropriately graded) commutative polynomial ring in three variables. \end{thm} This, combined with our earlier results, completes the classification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1997
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23. Uniqueness of holomorphic curves into abelian varieties.
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Matthew Dulock and Min Ru
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HOLOMORPHIC functions , *ABELIAN varieties , *ELLIPTIC curves , *MATHEMATICAL mappings , *ALGEBRA , *MATHEMATICAL analysis - Abstract
In this paper, we first give a slight improvement of Yamanoi's truncated second main theorem for holomorphic maps into abelian varieties. We then use the result to study the uniqueness problem for such maps. The results obtained generalize and improve E. M. Schmid's uniqueness theorem for holomorphic maps into elliptic curves. In the last section, we consider algebraic dependence for a finite collection of holomorphic curves into an abelian variety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
24. How to do a $p$-descent on an elliptic curve.
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Edward F. Schaefer and Michael Stoll
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ELLIPTIC curves , *ALGORITHM research , *ALGEBRAIC number theory , *MATHEMATICAL models , *GALOIS modules (Algebra) , *RESEARCH methodology , *GALOIS theory - Abstract
In this paper, we describe an algorithm that reduces the computation of the (full) $p$-Selmer group of an elliptic curve $E$ over a number field to standard number field computations such as determining the ($p$-torsion of) the $S$-class group and a basis of the $S$-units modulo $p$th powers for a suitable set $S$ of primes. In particular, we give a result reducing this set $S$ of `bad primes' to a very small set, which in many cases only contains the primes above $p$. As of today, this provides a feasible algorithm for performing a full $3$-descent on an elliptic curve over $\mathbb Q$, but the range of our algorithm will certainly be enlarged by future improvements in computational algebraic number theory. When the Galois module structure of $E[p]$ is favorable, simplifications are possible and $p$-descents for larger $p$ are accessible even today. To demonstrate how the method works, several worked examples are included. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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25. Heegner zeros of theta functions.
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Jorge Jimenez-Urroz and Tonghai Yang
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NUMBER theory , *THETA functions , *ELLIPTIC curves - Abstract
Heegner divisors play an important role in number theory. However, little is known on whether a modular form has Heegner zeros. In this paper, we start to study this question for a family of classical theta functions, and prove a quantitative result, which roughly says that many of these theta functions have a Heegner zero of discriminant $-7$. This leads to some interesting questions on the arithmetic of certain elliptic curves, which we also address here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
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26. The curve of ``Prym canonical'' Gauss divisors on a Prym theta divisor.
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Roy Smith and Robert Varley
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LINEAR systems , *ELLIPTIC curves - Abstract
The Gauss linear system on the theta divisor of the Jacobian of a nonhyperelliptic curve has two striking properties: 1) the branch divisor of the Gauss map on the theta divisor is dual to the canonical model of the curve; 2) those divisors in the Gauss system parametrized by the canonical curve are reducible. In contrast, Beauville and Debarre prove on a general Prym theta divisor of dimension $\ge 3$ all Gauss divisors are irreducible and normal. One is led to ask whether properties 1) and 2) may characterize the Gauss system of the theta divisor of a Jacobian. Since for a Prym theta divisor, the most distinguished curve in the Gauss system is the Prym canonical curve, the natural analog of the canonical curve for a Jacobian, in the present paper we analyze whether the analogs of properties 1) or 2) can ever hold for the Prym canonical curve. We note that both those properties would imply that the general Prym canonical Gauss divisor would be nonnormal. Then we find an explicit geometric model for the Prym canonical Gauss divisors and prove the following results using Beauville's singularities criterion for special subvarieties of Prym varieties: \bigskip \par \noindent \textbf{Theorem.} \emph{For all smooth doubly covered nonhyperelliptic curves of genus $g\ge 5$, the general Prym canonical Gauss divisor is normal and irreducible.} \bigskip \par \noindent \textbf{Corollary.} \emph{For all smooth doubly covered nonhyperelliptic curves of genus $g\ge 4$, the Prym canonical curve is not dual to the branch divisor of the Gauss map.} [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2001
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27. On the conjecture of Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer.
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Cristian D. Gonzalez-Avilés
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ELLIPTIC curves , *BIRCH-Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture - Abstract
{In this paper we complete Rubin's partial verification of the conjecture for a large class of elliptic curves with complex multiplication by ${\mathbb{Q}}(\sqrt {-7})$.} [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1997
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