On the average number of 2-selmer elements of elliptic curves over Fq (X) with two marked points
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Thorne, JA
Abstract
We consider elliptic curves over global fields of positive characteristic with two distinct marked non- trivial rational points. Restricting to a certain subfamily of the universal one, we show that the average size of the 2-Selmer groups of these curves exists, in a natural sense, and equals 12. Along the way, we consider a map from these 2-Selmer groups to the moduli space of G-torsors over an algebraic curve, where G is isogenous to SL_2^4 , and show that the images of 2-Selmer elements under this map become equidistributed in the limit.
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Elliptic curves, rational points, Selmer groups
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Documenta Mathematica
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1431-0635
1431-0643
1431-0643
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24
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Universität Bielefeld
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European Research Council (714405)