Lange–Trotter conjecture for non-CM elliptic curves

Let EE be a nonsingular elliptic curve over the rational numbers Q\mathbb{Q} without complex multiplication and conductor N1N\geq 1. Suppose that, for primes pp of good reduction, the characteristic polynomial is L(T)=T2a1T+pL(T)=T^2-a_1T+p with a10a_1\ne 0, and fix an integer rr. Define

πEr(x)=#{px:pN and a1=r}.\pi_E^r(x)=\#\{p\leq x:p\nmid N \text{ and }a_1=r\}.

For such primes, a1<2p1/2|a_1|<2p^{1/2}. Lange–Trotter conjecture.

πEr(x)=c(E,r)x1/2logx+O(x1/2(logx)2),\pi_E^r(x)=c(E,r)\frac{x^{1/2}}{\log x}+O\left(\frac{x^{1/2}}{(\log x)^2}\right),

where c(E,r)>0c(E,r)>0 is a constant. This conjecture predicts a precise asymptotic for the number of primes at which a non-CM elliptic curve has fixed Frobenius trace; its status is open in the stated generality.

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Primary source

N. A. Carella, “Note on the Distribution of the Traces of Frobenius”, arXiv:2307.03765 (2023).

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