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The geometric distribution of Selmer groups of elliptic curves over function fields

Number Theory 2022-09-16 v2 Algebraic Geometry Combinatorics Group Theory Probability

Abstract

Fix a positive integer nn and a finite field Fq\mathbb F_q. We study the joint distribution of the rank of EE, the nn-Selmer group of EE, and the nn-torsion in the Tate-Shafarevich group of EE as EE varies over elliptic curves of fixed height d2d \geq 2 over Fq(t)\mathbb F_q(t). We compute this joint distribution in the large qq limit. We also show that the "large qq, then large height" limit of this distribution agrees with the one predicted by Bhargava-Kane-Lenstra-Poonen-Rains.

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@article{arxiv.2003.07517,
  title  = {The geometric distribution of Selmer groups of elliptic curves over function fields},
  author = {Tony Feng and Aaron Landesman and Eric M. Rains},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.07517},
  year   = {2022}
}