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The effect of twisting on the 2-Selmer group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

PETER SWINNERTON–DYER
PETER SWINNERTON–DYER*
Affiliation:
DPMMS, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WB, UK. e-mail: hpfs100@dpmms.cam.ac.uk
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Let Γ be an elliptic curve defined over Q, all of whose 2-division points are rational, and let Γb be its quadratic twist by b. Subject to a mild additional condition on Γ, we find the limit of the probability distribution of the dimension of the 2-Selmer group of Γb as the number of prime factors of b increases; and we show that this distribution depends only on whether the 2-Selmer group of Γ has odd or even dimension.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 145 , Issue 3 , November 2008 , pp. 513 - 526
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 2008

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