The mod pp Kurihara conjecture for elliptic curves

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Fix a prime pp and an elliptic curve E/QE/\mathbb{Q} of conductor NN, with LL-function coefficients aE(n)a_E(n), and assume that pp is prime to the Manin constant cEc_E and that E[p](Q)=0E[p](\mathbb{Q})=0. Let NKato=NKato(E;p)\mathcal{N}_{\mathrm{Kato}}=\mathcal{N}_{\mathrm{Kato}}(E;p) be the set of squarefree integers that are products of primes qq satisfying (q,N)=1(q,N)=1, q≡1 mod pq\equiv 1\text{ \rm mod } p, and aE(q)≡2 mod pa_E(q)\equiv 2\text{ \rm mod } p. For a squarefree integer Q=q1⋯qrQ=q_1\cdots q_r with qi∈NKatoq_i\in\mathcal{N}_{\mathrm{Kato}}, define the Kurihara number

δQ=δQ,E,p:=∑a1=1q1−1⋯∑ar=1qr−1(∏i=1rai)⟨∏i=1r(ζqi)aiq1⋯qr⟩E+∈Z(p),\delta_Q=\delta_{Q,E,p}:=\sum_{a_1=1}^{q_1-1}\cdots\sum_{a_r=1}^{q_r-1}\left(\prod_{i=1}^r a_i\right)\left\langle\frac{\prod_{i=1}^r(\zeta_{q_i})^{a_i}}{q_1\cdots q_r}\right\rangle_E^+\in\mathbb{Z}_{(p)},

where each ζqi\zeta_{q_i} is a chosen generator of (Z/qi)×(\mathbb{Z}/q_i)^\times. The mod pp Kurihara conjecture. If E[p](Q)=0E[p](\mathbb{Q})=0, p∤cEp\nmid c_E, and pp does not divide the product of all Tamagawa factors of EE over Q\mathbb{Q}, then there exists Q∈NKatoQ\in\mathcal{N}_{\mathrm{Kato}} such that

δQ≢0 mod p.\delta_Q\not\equiv 0\text{ \rm mod } p.

The conjecture asserts the non-vanishing modulo pp of a Kurihara number; the cited results of Kim and Burungale--Castella--Grossi--Skinner show that it is true in the majority of cases, while the general statement is not resolved by the supplied context.

References

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Daniel Kriz and Asbjørn Christian Nordentoft, “Horizontal p-adic L-functions”, arXiv:2310.20678 (2025).

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