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Control theorems for elliptic curves over function fields

Number Theory 2007-05-23 v3

Abstract

Let FF be a global function field of characteristic p>0p>0, F/F\mathcal F/F a Galois extension with Gal(F~/F)ZpNGal(\tilde F/F)\simeq \mathbb{Z}_p^{\mathbb N} and E/FE/F a non-isotrivial elliptic curve. We study the behaviour of Selmer groups SelE(L)lSel_E(L)_l (ll any prime) as LL varies through the subextensions of F\mathcal F via appropriate versions of Mazur's Control Theorem. In the case l=pl=p we let F=Fd\mathcal F=\bigcup \mathcal F_d where Fd/F\mathcal F_d/F is a Zpd\mathbb{Z}_p^d-extension. With a mild hypothesis on SelE(F)pSel_E(F)_p (essentially a consequence of the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture) we prove that SelE(Fd)pSel_E(\mathcal F_d)_p is a cofinitely generated (in some cases cotorsion) Zp[[Gal(Fd/F)]]\mathbb{Z}_p[[Gal(\mathcal F_d/F)]]-module and we associate to its Pontrjagin dual a Fitting ideal. This allows to define an algebraic LL-function associated to EE in Zp[[Gal(F/F)]]\mathbb{Z}_p[[Gal(\mathcal F/F)]], providing an ingredient for a function field analogue of Iwasawa's Main Conjecture for elliptic curves.

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@article{arxiv.math/0604249,
  title  = {Control theorems for elliptic curves over function fields},
  author = {A. Bandini and I. Longhi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0604249},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

28 pages. Corrects a number of mistakes in the previous version math.NT/0604249, and formulates a new conjecture