The rank distribution conjecture for quadratic twists ordered by canonical height
The rank distribution conjecture for quadratic twists ordered by canonical height
Let be the fixed elliptic curve given by , and let be its quadratic twist for squarefree . Let denote the set of twist parameters being considered with canonical height at most , and write for the algebraic Mordell–Weil rank.
Rank distribution conjecture. For , one has
The conjecture predicts that, among twists ordered by the canonical height of their lowest non-torsion rational point, half have rank one and half have rank two. It is motivated by the expected equidistribution of the functional-equation sign and the expectation that analytic ranks, and hence algebraic ranks under Birch–Swinnerton-Dyer, are as small as permitted by parity.
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Primary source
Pierre Le Boudec, “Average rank in families of quadratic twists: a geometric point of view”, arXiv:1506.04980 (2015).
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