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A graph-theoretic approach to computing Selmer groups of elliptic curves $y^2 = x^3 + bx$ over $\mathbb{Q}(i)$

Number Theory 2025-06-24 v2

Abstract

We develop a graph-theoretic algorithm to compute the φ\varphi-Selmer group of the elliptic curve Eb:y2=x3+bxE_b: y^2 = x^3 + bx over Q(i)\mathbb{Q}(i), where bZ[i]b \in \mathbb{Z}[i] and φ\varphi is a degree 2 isogeny of EbE_b. We associate to EbE_b a weighted graph GbG_b, whose vertices are the odd Gaussian primes dividing bb, and whose edge weights are determined by the quartic residue symbol between pairs of these primes. By applying our algorithm, we explicitly compute the φ\varphi-Selmer group of EbE_b when bb is a product of inert primes, and we construct several infinite families of elliptic curves over Q(i)\mathbb{Q}(i) with trivial Mordell-Weil rank.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2410.22714,
  title  = {A graph-theoretic approach to computing Selmer groups of elliptic curves $y^2 = x^3 + bx$ over $\mathbb{Q}(i)$},
  author = {Anthony Kling and Ben Savoie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.22714},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

Updated title. 26 pages, 1 figure. Improved exposition and corrected typos throughout. Major additions include the mod 2 reduction of the graph $G_b$, an explicit calculation of the $\varphi$-Selmer group when $b$ is a product of inert primes, and two new infinite families of elliptic curves over $\mathbb{Q}(i)$ with trivial rank