The average analytic rank of elliptic curves (Q707460): Difference between revisions

Let \(E\) be an elliptic curve defined over \(\mathbb Q\). Under the assumption that the Riemann hypothesis holds for \(L\)-function of elliptic curves, the author proves that the average analytic rank of elliptic curves over \(\mathbb Q\) is at most \(2\). It is also shown that the average analytic rank of elliptic curves in any family of quadratic twists is at most \(3/2\). More exactly, let \(E = E_{r,s}: y^2 = x^3 + rx + s\) be an elliptic curve (i.e. assume that \(\Delta_E = -16(4r^3 + 27s^2) \neq 0\)) and introduce the weight function \(w_T(E) = w_1(T^{-1/3} r) w_2(T^{-1/2} s)\), where \(w_1\) and \(w_2\) are infinitely differentiable nonnegative functions with compact support vanishing at \(0\). Write \(C = \{E_{r,s}: p^4 \mid r \Longrightarrow p^6 \nmid s\}\) and \(S(T) = \sum_{E \in C} w_T(E)\). Then \[ \frac 1{S(T)} \sum_{E \in C} w_T(E) r(E) \leq 2 + o(1) \] as \(T \longrightarrow \infty\), where \(r(E)\) denotes the analytic rank of \(E\). The proof uses an ``explicit formula'' due to \textit{A. Brumer} [Invent. Math. 109, 445--472 (1992; Zbl 0783.14019)] and the modularity of elliptic curves defined over \(\mathbb Q\).