Class group statistics for torsion fields generated by elliptic curves
Abstract
For a prime $p$ and a rational elliptic curve $E_{/\mathbb{Q}}$, set $K=\mathbb{Q}(E[p])$ to denote the torsion field generated by $E[p]:=\operatorname{ker}\{E\xrightarrow{p} E\}$. The class group $\operatorname{Cl}_K$ is a module over $\operatorname{Gal}(K/\mathbb{Q})$. Given a fixed odd prime number $p$, we study the average non-vanishing of certain Galois stable quotients of the mod-$p$ class group $\operatorname{Cl}_K/p\operatorname{Cl}_K$. Here, $E$ varies over rational elliptic curves, ordered according to \emph{height}. Our results are conditional and rely on predictions made by Delaunay and Poonen-Rains for the statistical variation of the $p$-primary parts of Tate-Shafarevich groups of elliptic curves. We also prove results in the case when the elliptic curve $E_{/\mathbb{Q}}$ is fixed and the prime $p$ is allowed to vary.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- April 2022
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2204.09757
- Bibcode:
- 2022arXiv220409757R
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Number Theory;
- 11G05;
- 11R29;
- 11R32;
- 11R34;
- 11R45
- E-Print:
- Version 2: Minor corrections and expository improvements to the introduction. Paper accepted for publication in the Journal of the Australian Math Soc