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Generalised Kato classes on CM elliptic curves of rank 2

Number Theory 2026-02-17 v3

Abstract

Let E/QE/\mathbf{Q} be a CM elliptic curve and let p5p\geq 5 be a prime of good ordinary reduction for EE. Suppose that L(E,s)L(E,s) vanishes at s=1s=1 and has sign +1+1 in its functional equation, so in particular ords=1L(E,s)2{\rm ord}_{s=1}L(E,s)\geq 2. In this paper we slightly modify a construction of Darmon--Rotger to define a generalised Kato class κpSel(Q,VpE)\kappa_p\in{\rm Sel}(\mathbf{Q},V_pE), and prove the following rank two analogue of Kolyvagin's result: κp0dimQpSel(Q,VpE)=2. \kappa_p\neq 0\quad\Longrightarrow\quad{\rm dim}_{\mathbf{Q}_p}{\rm Sel}(\mathbf{Q},V_pE)=2. Conversely, when dimQpSel(Q,VpE)=2{\rm dim}_{\mathbf{Q}_p}{\rm Sel}(\mathbf{Q},V_pE)=2 we show that κp0\kappa_p\neq 0 if and only if the restriction map Sel(Q,VpE)E(Qp)^Qp {\rm Sel}(\mathbf{Q},V_pE)\rightarrow E(\mathbf{Q}_p)\hat{\otimes}\mathbf{Q}_p is nonzero. The proof of these results, which extend and strenghten similar results of the author with Hsieh in the non-CM case, exploit a new link between the nonvanishing of generalised Kato classes and a main conjecture in anticyclotomic Iwasawa theory.

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@article{arxiv.2204.09608,
  title  = {Generalised Kato classes on CM elliptic curves of rank 2},
  author = {Francesc Castella},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.09608},
  year   = {2026}
}

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28 pages. final version, to appear in American J. Math