Elliptic curves of conductor $2^m p$, quadratic twists, and Watkins's conjecture
Let $\mathsf{E}/\mathbb{Q}$ be an elliptic curve. By the modularity theorem, it admits a surjection from a modular curve $X_0(N) \to \mathsf{E}$, and the minimal degree among such maps is called the modular degree of $\mathsf{E}$. By the Mordell--Weil Theorem, $\mathsf{E}(\mathbb{Q})\simeq \mathbb{Z...
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Zusammenfassung: | Let $\mathsf{E}/\mathbb{Q}$ be an elliptic curve. By the modularity theorem,
it admits a surjection from a modular curve $X_0(N) \to \mathsf{E}$, and the
minimal degree among such maps is called the modular degree of $\mathsf{E}$. By
the Mordell--Weil Theorem, $\mathsf{E}(\mathbb{Q})\simeq \mathbb{Z}^r \oplus T$
for some nonnegative integer $r$ and some finite group $T$. Watkins's
Conjecture predicts that $2^r$ divides the modular degree, thus suggesting an
intriguing link between these geometrically- and algebraically-defined
invariants. We offer some new cases of Watkins's Conjecture, specifically for
elliptic curves with additive reduction at $2$, good reduction outside of at
most two odd primes, and a rational point of order two. |
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DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.2411.08321 |