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The average number of integral points on the congruent number curves

Number Theory 2024-09-17 v2

Abstract

We show that the total number of non-torsion integral points on the elliptic curves ED:y2=x3D2x\mathcal{E}_D:y^2=x^3-D^2x, where DD ranges over positive squarefree integers less than NN, is O(N(logN)1/4+ϵ)O( N(\log N)^{-1/4+\epsilon}). The proof involves a discriminant-lowering procedure on integral binary quartic forms and an application of Heath-Brown's method on estimating the average size of the 22-Selmer group of the curves in this family.

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@article{arxiv.2112.01615,
  title  = {The average number of integral points on the congruent number curves},
  author = {Stephanie Chan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.01615},
  year   = {2024}
}

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