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Central values of $L$-functions of cubic twists

Number Theory 2022-05-16 v2

Abstract

We are interested in finding for which positive integers DD we have rational solutions for the equation x3+y3=D.x^3+y^3=D. The aim of this paper is to compute the value of the LL-function L(ED,1)L(E_D, 1) for the elliptic curves ED:x3+y3=DE_D: x^3+y^3=D. For the case of pp prime p1mod9p\equiv 1\mod 9, two formulas have been computed by Rodriguez-Villegas and Zagier. We have computed formulas that relate L(ED,1)L(E_D, 1) to the square of a trace of a modular function at a CM point. This offers a criterion for when the integer DD is the sum of two rational cubes. Furthermore, when L(ED,1)L(E_D, 1) is nonzero we get a formula for the number of elements in the Tate-Shafarevich group and we show that this number is a square when DD is a norm in Q[3]\mathbb{Q}[\sqrt{-3}].

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@article{arxiv.1711.03200,
  title  = {Central values of $L$-functions of cubic twists},
  author = {Eugenia Rosu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.03200},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Major rewrite, major improvement in result: showing that the order of Sha is a square