Mazur's conjecture on the topology of positive-rank fibers
Mazur's conjecture on the topology of positive-rank fibers
Let be an elliptic surface with base . For , consider the fiber when it is an elliptic curve, and its Mordell–Weil rank.
Mazur's conjecture. One of the following two conditions holds:
- For all but finitely many , the fiber is an elliptic curve with Mordell–Weil rank equal to zero.
- The set of such that is an elliptic curve with positive Mordell–Weil rank is dense in .
This is one of Mazur's conjectures on the topology of rational points on varieties. The source gives no resolution status, so the conjecture is recorded as open.
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Primary source
Anthony Várilly-Alvarado, “Density of rational points on isotrivial rational elliptic surfaces”, arXiv:0911.3881 (2011).
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