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Quadratic twists of genus one curves

Number Theory 2024-03-05 v2

Abstract

For a given irreducible and monic polynomial f(x)Z[x]f(x) \in \mathbb{Z}[x] of degree 44, we consider the quadratic twists by square-free integers qq of the genus one quartic H:y2=f(x){H\, :\, y^2=f(x)} Hq:qy2=f(x). H_q \, :\, qy^2=f(x). We say that a curve CC is everywhere locally soluble (ELS) if it has a solution in R\mathbb{R} and in Qp\mathbb{Q}_p for every prime pp (i.e. if C(R)C(\mathbb{R})\neq \emptyset and C(Qp)C(\mathbb{Q}_p)\neq \emptyset for all primes pp). Let L={qN:q is square-free and Hq is ELS}L=\{q\in \mathbb{N} :\, q \text{ is square-free and } H_q \text{ is ELS}\} denote the set of positive square-free integers qq for which HqH_q is everywhere locally soluble. For a real number xx let L(x)=#{qL:q<x}{L(x)= \#\{q\in L:\, q<x\}} be the number of elements in LL that are less then xx. Furthermore, let us denote with F(s)=nL1ns F(s)=\sum_{n \in L} \frac{1}{n^s} the corresponding Dirichlet's series of the set LL. In this paper, we obtain that L(x)=cfx(lnx)m+O(x(lnx)α) L(x) = c_f \frac{x}{(\ln{x})^{m}}+O\left(\frac{x}{(\ln{x})^\alpha}\right) for some constants cfc_f, mm and α\alpha only depending on ff such that m<α1+mm<\alpha \leq 1+m. We also express the Dirichlet's series F(s)F(s) via Dedekind's zeta functions of certain number fields.

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@article{arxiv.2401.09626,
  title  = {Quadratic twists of genus one curves},
  author = {Lukas Novak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.09626},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

v1: 13 pages, comments welcome v2: 16 pages, typos corrected, extended Introduction and bibliography, added proof that $c_f>0$