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The Tate-Shafarevich group for elliptic curves with complex multiplication II

Number Theory 2010-05-28 v2

Abstract

Let E be an elliptic curve over Q with complex multiplication. The aim of the present paper is to strengthen the theoretical and numerical results of \cite{CZS}. For each prime p, let t_{E/Q, p} denote the Z_p-corank of the p-primary subgroup of the Tate-Shafarevich group of E/Q. For each \epsilon 0, we prove that t_{E/Q, p} is bounded above by (1/2+\epsilon)p for all sufficiently large good ordinary primes p. We also do numerical calculations on one such E of rank 3, and 5 such E of rank 2, showing in all cases that t_{E/Q, p} = 0 for all good ordinary primes p < 30,000. In fact, we show that, with the possible exception of one good ordinary prime in this range for just one of the curves of rank 2, the p-primary subgroup of the Tate-Shafarevich group of the curve is zero (always supposing p is a good ordinary prime).

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@article{arxiv.1005.4206,
  title  = {The Tate-Shafarevich group for elliptic curves with complex multiplication II},
  author = {J. Coates and Z. Liang and R. Sujatha},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.4206},
  year   = {2010}
}

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