Conjecture on quadratic twists of optimal elliptic curves

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Let EE be an optimal elliptic curve over Q\mathbb{Q} of conductor NN, and let −D-D be a negative fundamental discriminant such that DD is coprime to NN. Write E−DE_{-D} for the twist of EE by −D-D, and let  \fontencodingOT2\fontfamilywncyr\fontseriesm\fontshapen \selectfontSh(E−D){\text{% {\fontencoding{OT2}\fontfamily{wncyr}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}% \selectfont Sh}}}(E_{-D}) denote its Shafarevich–Tate group. For each \prime p∣Np\mid N, let cp(E−D)c_p(E_{-D}) be the order of the arithmetic component group of E−DE_{-D} at pp. If L(E−D,1)≠0L(E_{-D},1)\ne0, so that E−D(Q)E_{-D}(\mathbb{Q}) is finite, then

The quadratic-twist divisibility conjecture. The quantity ∣E−D(Q)∣2|E_{-D}(\mathbb{Q})|^2 divides

∣ \fontencodingOT2\fontfamilywncyr\fontseriesm\fontshapen \selectfontSh(E−D)∣∏p∣Ncp(E−D),|{\text{% {\fontencoding{OT2}\fontfamily{wncyr}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}% \selectfont Sh}}}(E_{-D})|\prod_{p\mid N}c_p(E_{-D}),

up to a power of 22.

This weakens the corresponding coprimality hypothesis in the cited conjecture from the source and is an implication of the paper's period formula. The assertion concerns the predicted arithmetic relation between the rational points, the Shafarevich–Tate group, and the local component groups of quadratic twists.

References

Primary source

Vivek Pal, “Periods of Quadratic Twists of Elliptic Curves”, arXiv:1012.0094 (2011).

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