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Average size of Selmer group in large q limit

Number Theory 2021-02-04 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we prove a function field-analogue of Poonen-Rains heuristics on the average size of pp-Selmer group. Let EE be an elliptic curve defined over Z[t]\mathbb{Z}[t]. Then EE is also defined over Fq\mathbb{F}_q for any qq of prime power. We show that for large enough qq, the average size of the pp-Selmer groups over the family of quadratic twists of EE over Fq[t]\mathbb{F}_q[t] is equal to p+1p+1 for all but finitely many primes pp. Namely, if we twist the curve in Fq[t]\mathbb{F}_q[t] by polynomials of fixed degree nn and let both nn and qq approach to infinity, then the average rank of pp-Selmer group converges to p+1p+1.

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@article{arxiv.2102.00549,
  title  = {Average size of Selmer group in large q limit},
  author = {Sun Woo Park and Niudun Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.00549},
  year   = {2021}
}