The p-adic convergence conjecture for elliptic divisibility sequences

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Let W=(Wn)n≥0{\mathcal W}=(W_n)_{n\ge0} be an elliptic divisibility sequence and let pp be a prime. For an exponent N=Np≥1N=N_p\ge1, consider the subsequences indexed by mpkNmp^{kN} for each m≥1m\ge1. The p-adic convergence conjecture. There is an exponent N=Np≥1N=N_p\ge1 such that for every m≥1m\ge1, the limit

lim⁡k→∞WmpkN\lim_{k\to\infty} W_{mp^{kN}}

converges in Zp\mathbb{Z}_p to a number algebraic over Q\mathbb{Q}. The paper proves the assertion for almost all primes in the non-CM case, and for all but finitely many primes splitting in the CM field in the CM case; the conjecture proposes it for every elliptic divisibility sequence and every prime.

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Joseph H. Silverman, “p-adic properties of division polynomials and elliptic divisibility sequences”, arXiv:math/0404412 (2004).

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