Mazur's conjecture on ranks in elliptic K3 surface families

Let π:EPQ1\pi:\mathcal{E}\to\mathbf{P}^1_{\mathbf{Q}} be an elliptic K3 surface, and for tPQ1t\in\mathbf{P}^1_{\mathbf{Q}} let Et=π1(t)\mathcal{E}_t=\pi^{-1}(t) be the fibre. Mazur's conjecture. The family {Et}tPQ1\{\mathcal{E}_t\}_{t\in\mathbf{P}^1_{\mathbf{Q}}} satisfies exactly one of the following conditions: either the elliptic curve Et\mathcal{E}_t has Mordell–Weil rank 00 for all but finitely many tP1(Q)t\in\mathbf{P}^1(\mathbf{Q}), or

{tP1(Q):rank(Et(Q))>0}\{t\in\mathbf{P}^1(\mathbf{Q}):\operatorname{rank}(\mathcal{E}_t(\mathbf{Q}))>0\}

is dense in P1(R)\mathbf{P}^1(\mathbf{R}). This is presented as a consequence of Mazur's conjecture for elliptic K3 surfaces; the source does not give evidence that it has been resolved.

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Primary source

Zhizhong Huang, “Rational points on elliptic K3 surfaces of quadratic twist type”, arXiv:1806.07869 (2020).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2007–2018). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:0705.2955.

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