Galois-module structure conjecture for quadratic twists

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Let E/QE/\mathbb Q be an elliptic curve of rank 11, let Fb\mathcal F_b be the twist family specified by the local data bb, and write Fb(X)={dFb:dX}\mathcal F_b(X)=\{d\in\mathcal F_b:|d|\leq X\}. Let nbn_b be the dimension of the systematic Selmer subspace, and assume the paper's stated elliptic-curve Selmer-rank assumption. Galois-module structure conjecture. One has

limX#{dFb(X):E(Q(d))/E(Q(d))torsZ[G]}#Fb(X)={1/2,nb=1,1/8,nb=2,5/64,nb=3,29/1024,nb=4.\lim_{X\rightarrow\infty}\frac{\#\{d\in\mathcal F_b(X):E(\mathbb Q(\sqrt d))/E(\mathbb Q(\sqrt d))_{\mathrm{tors}}\cong\mathbb Z[G]\}}{\#\mathcal F_b(X)}= \begin{cases} 1/2,&n_b=1,\\ 1/8,&n_b=2,\\ 5/64,&n_b=3,\\ 29/1024,&n_b=4. \end{cases}

This predicts the frequency of the regular representation as the Mordell–Weil Galois module in the quadratic twist family; it is derived from the preceding frequency conjecture and remains open in the source.

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Alex Bartel and Adam Morgan, “Galois module structures and the Hasse principle in twist families via the distribution of Selmer groups”, arXiv:2508.14026 (2025).

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