Positive-density annihilating-differential conjecture
Positive-density annihilating-differential conjecture
Let be a genus- curve with Jacobian , and let be an annihilating differential for the relevant Mordell–Weil subgroup. For each prime of good reduction, let be a suitably scaled annihilating differential and let denote its reduction on . Say that splits if it is isogenous over to a product of elliptic curves . In the split case, let be the associated global annihilating differential.
Positive-density conjecture. The set of primes of good reduction for such that does not vanish on has positive density, unless splits and vanishes at a rational point of .
Such primes are needed to choose a modulus for the Mordell–Weil sieve combined with Chabauty. The source gives no resolution of this conjecture; the stated exception reflects the obstruction arising from a split Jacobian.
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Primary source
Michael Stoll, “Determining the rational points on a curve of genus 2 and Mordell-Weil rank 1”, arXiv:2509.24604 (2025).
Additional references
4 papers in this index state this conjecture (2019–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2409.19195, arXiv:2206.06296, arXiv:1902.05666.
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