The rank distribution conjecture for quadratic twists ordered by canonical height

Let E/QE/\mathbb{Q} be the fixed elliptic curve given by y2=x3+Ax+By^2=x^3+Ax+B, and let EdE_d be its quadratic twist for squarefree dd. Let H(Y)\mathcal{H}(Y) denote the set of twist parameters being considered with canonical height at most YY, and write rankEd(Q)\operatorname{rank} E_d(\mathbb{Q}) for the algebraic Mordell–Weil rank.

Rank distribution conjecture. For ι{1,2}\iota\in\{1,2\}, one has

#{dH(Y):rankEd(Q)=ι}12#H(Y).\#\{d\in\mathcal{H}(Y):\operatorname{rank} E_d(\mathbb{Q})=\iota\}\sim\frac{1}{2}\#\mathcal{H}(Y).

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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