A graph-theoretic approach to computing Selmer groups of elliptic curves $y^2 = x^3 + bx$ over $\mathbb{Q}(i)$
Abstract
We develop a graph-theoretic algorithm to compute the -Selmer group of the elliptic curve over , where and is a degree 2 isogeny of . We associate to a weighted graph , whose vertices are the odd Gaussian primes dividing , and whose edge weights are determined by the quartic residue symbol between pairs of these primes. By applying our algorithm, we explicitly compute the -Selmer group of when is a product of inert primes, and we construct several infinite families of elliptic curves over with trivial Mordell-Weil rank.
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@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