Publication details
Cyclic reduction densities for elliptic curves
- authored by
- Francesco Campagna, Peter Stevenhagen
- Abstract
For an elliptic curve E defined over a number field K, the heuristic density of the set of primes of K for which E has cyclic reduction is given by an inclusion–exclusion sum δE/K involving the degrees of the m-division fields Km of E over K. This density can be proved to be correct under assumption of GRH. For E without complex multiplication (CM), we show that δE/K is the product of an explicit non-negative rational number reflecting the finite entanglement of the division fields of E and a universal infinite Artin-type product. For E admitting CM over K by a quadratic order O , we show that δE/K admits a similar ‘factorization’ in which the Artin type product also depends on O . For E admitting CM over K¯ by an order O⊄ K , which occurs for K= Q , the entanglement of division fields over K is non-finite. In this case we write δE/K as the sum of two contributions coming from the primes of K that are split and inert in O . The split contribution can be dealt with by the previous methods, the inert contribution is of a different nature. We determine the ways in which the density can vanish, and provide numerical examples of the different kinds of densities.
- Organisation(s)
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Institute of Algebra, Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics
- External Organisation(s)
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Leiden University
- Type
- Article
- Journal
- Research in Number Theory
- Volume
- 9
- Publication date
- 09.2023
- Publication status
- Published
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Algebra and Number Theory
- Electronic version(s)
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s40993-023-00463-9 (Access:
Open)