Finding large Selmer rank via an arithmetic theory of local constants

dc.creatorMazur, Barry
dc.creatorRubin, Karl
dc.date2005-12-05
dc.date2006-09-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:54:50Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:54:50Z
dc.descriptionWe obtain lower bounds for Selmer ranks of elliptic curves over dihedral extensions of number fields. Suppose $K/k$ is a quadratic extension of number fields, $E$ is an elliptic curve defined over $k$, and $p$ is an odd prime. Let $F$ denote the maximal abelian $p$-extension of $K$ that is unramified at all primes where $E$ has bad reduction and that is Galois over $k$ with dihedral Galois group (i.e., the generator $c$ of $Gal(K/k)$ acts on $Gal(F/K)$ by -1). We prove (under mild hypotheses on $p$) that if the rank of the pro-$p$ Selmer group $S_p(E/K)$ is odd, then the rank of $S_p(E/L)$ is at least $[L:K]$ for every finite extension $L$ of $K$ in $F$.
dc.descriptionRevised and improved. To appear in Annals of Mathematics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0512085
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0512085
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/106082
dc.subjectNumber Theory
dc.subject11G05, 11R20 (Primary) 11G10, 11R23, 14G05 (Secondary)
dc.titleFinding large Selmer rank via an arithmetic theory of local constants
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