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p-adic L-functions and Selmer varieties associated to elliptic curves with complex multiplication

Number Theory 2007-10-30 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We show how non-vanishing of p-adic L functions controls the dimensions of Selmer varieties associated to the complement of the origin in an elliptic curve with CM. As a corollary, one obtains a \pi_1-proof of the theorem of Siegel for such curves.

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@article{arxiv.0710.5290,
  title  = {p-adic L-functions and Selmer varieties associated to elliptic curves with complex multiplication},
  author = {Minhyong Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.5290},
  year   = {2007}
}