Mazur–Tate's refined class-group formula conjecture

Let E/QE/\mathbb{Q} be an elliptic curve, let GM=(Z/MZ)/1G_M=\left(\mathbb{Z}/M\mathbb{Z}\right)^*/\langle-1\rangle, and let θM=aGMλ(a,M)[a]\theta_M=\sum_{a\in G_M}\lambda(a,M)[a] be the Mazur–Tate element. Let I(R,GM)I(R,G_M) be the augmentation ideal and Qr(R,GM)=I(R,GM)r/I(R,GM)r+1Q_r(R,G_M)=I(R,G_M)^r/I(R,G_M)^{r+1}. Fix a finite set SmS_m of split multiplicative primes, set M=pSmpepM=\prod_{p\in S_m}p^{e_p} and r=#Smr=\#S_m, and view each normalized Tate period q~p\tilde q_p as an element of GMG_M. Mazur–Tate's refined class-group formula conjecture. Assume that τ=#E(Q)\tau=\#E(\mathbb{Q}) is finite. If RR is the smallest subring of Q\mathbb{Q} containing τ1\tau^{-1} and {λ(a,M)}aGM\{\lambda(a,M)\}_{a\in G_M}, then θMI(R,GM)r\theta_M\in I(R,G_M)^r and, for the image θ~M\tilde\theta_M in Qr(R,GM)Q_r(R,G_M),

θ~M=(pSm[q~p][1])#\ShaEpPSmCpτ2.\tilde\theta_M=\left(\prod_{p\in S_m}[\tilde q_p]-[1]\right)\frac{\#\Sha_E\prod_{p\in\mathcal{P}-S_m}C_p}{\tau^2}.

Here \ShaE\Sha_E is the Tate–Shafarevich group and Cp=[E(Qp):E0(Qp)]C_p=[E(\mathbb{Q}_p):E^0(\mathbb{Q}_p)]. This conjecture refines the BSD formula by relating the leading augmentation-ideal term of the Mazur–Tate element to arithmetic invariants; the source reports numerical study rather than a proof or disproof.

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Primary source

Juan-Pablo Llerena-Córdova, “Numerical study of refined conjectures of the BSD type”, arXiv:2412.17703 (2024).

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3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2015–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1509.00682, arXiv:1506.04638.

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