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Height of rational points on quadratic twists of a given elliptic curve

Number Theory 2017-05-17 v2

Abstract

We formulate a conjecture about the distribution of the canonical height of the lowest non-torsion rational point on a quadratic twist of a given elliptic curve, as the twist varies. This conjecture seems to be very deep and we can only prove partial results in this direction.

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@article{arxiv.1404.7738,
  title  = {Height of rational points on quadratic twists of a given elliptic curve},
  author = {Pierre Le Boudec},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.7738},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

The results are now stated using (the exponential of) the canonical height. Thanks to Joe Silverman for enlightening comments on the previous version