The Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture implies Goldfeld's conjecture
Number Theory
2025-03-25 v1
Abstract
Given an elliptic curve E/Q, we show that 50% of the quadratic twists of E have -Selmer corank 0 and 50% have -Selmer corank 1. As one consequence, we prove that the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture implies Goldfeld's conjecture. Previously, this result was known by work of the author for elliptic curves over Q satisfying certain technical conditions. As part of this work, we determine the distribution of 2-Selmer ranks in the quadratic twist family of E. In the cases where this distribution was not already known, it is distinct from the model for distributions of 2-Selmer groups constructed by Poonen and Rains.
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@article{arxiv.2503.17619,
title = {The Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture implies Goldfeld's conjecture},
author = {Alexander Smith},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.17619},
year = {2025}
}
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