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Elliptic Curves with positive rank and no integral points

Number Theory 2025-04-03 v4

Abstract

We consider all \emph{odd} fundamental discriminants D2mod3D \equiv 2 \bmod 3 and their mirror discriminants D=3DD' = -3D, and we study the family of elliptic curves ED:y2=x3+16DE_{D'}: y^{2} = x^{3} + 16D'. We denote by r3(D)r_{3}(D) and r3(D)r_{3}(D') the rank of the 33-part of the ideal class group of Q(D)\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{D}) and Q(D)\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{D'}) respectively. We show that every curve in the subfamily of elliptic curves EDE_{D'} with r3(D)=r3(D)+1r_{3}(D) = r_{3}(D') + 1 for D<0D < 0 (respectively, with r3(D)=r3(D)r_{3}(D) = r_{3}(D') for D>0D > 0) cannot have any integral points, and this is proved unconditionally. By employing results of Satg\'e and by assuming finiteness of the 33-primary part of their Tate-Shafarevich group, we show that the curves EDE_{D'} must have odd rank when D<0D < 0 and even rank when D>0D > 0. This result is particularly interesting for the case of D<0D < 0 since every curve EDE_{D'} with r3(D)=r3(D)+1r_{3}(D) = r_{3}(D') + 1 has infinitely many rational points - assuming finiteness of the 33-primary part of their Tate-Shafarevich group - yet no integral points. We obtain an unconditional result on the existence of elliptic curves with non-trivial rank and no integral points, by defining a parametrised family of such curves with no integral points but with a parametrised rational point, which we prove that it is of infinite order.

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@article{arxiv.2302.01059,
  title  = {Elliptic Curves with positive rank and no integral points},
  author = {Eleni Agathocleous},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.01059},
  year   = {2025}
}