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On invariants of elliptic curves on average

Number Theory 2014-04-24 v1

Abstract

We prove several results regarding some invariants of elliptic curves on average over the family of all elliptic curves inside a box of sides AA and BB. As an example, let EE be an elliptic curve defined over Q\mathbb{Q} and pp be a prime of good reduction for EE. Let eE(p)e_{E}(p) be the exponent of the group of rational points of the reduction modulo pp of EE over the finite field Fp\mathbb{F}_p. Let C\mathcal{C} be the family of elliptic curves Ea,b: y2=x3+ax+b,E_{a,b}:~y^2=x^3+ax+b, where aA|a|\leq A and bB|b|\leq B. We prove that, for any c>1c>1 and kNk\in \mathbb{N}, 1CECpxeEk(p)=Ckli(xk+1)+O(xk+1(logx)c),\frac{1}{|\mathcal{C}|} \sum_{E\in \mathcal{C}} \sum_{p\leq x} e_E^k(p) = C_k {\rm li}(x^{k+1})+O\left(\frac{x^{k+1}}{(\log{x})^c} \right), as xx\rightarrow \infty, as long as A,B>exp(c1(logx)1/2)A, B>\exp\left(c_{1} (\log{x})^{1/2} \right) and AB>x(logx)4+2cAB>x(\log{x})^{4+2c}, where c1c_1 is a suitable positive constant. Here CkC_k is an explicit constant given in the paper which depends only on kk, and li(x)=2xdt/logt{\rm li}(x)=\int_{2}^x dt/\log{t}. We prove several similar results as corollaries to a general theorem. The method of the proof is capable of improving some of the known results with A,B>xϵA, B>x^\epsilon and AB>x(logx)δAB>x(\log{x})^\delta to A,B>exp(c1(logx)1/2)A, B>\exp\left(c_1 (\log{x})^{1/2} \right) and AB>x(logx)δAB>x(\log{x})^\delta.

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@article{arxiv.1404.5700,
  title  = {On invariants of elliptic curves on average},
  author = {Amir Akbary and Adam Tyler Felix},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.5700},
  year   = {2014}
}