Twisted root numbers and ranks of abelian varieties (Q2869045)

Let \(\tau\) be a complex continuous finite-dimensional representation with real-valued character of the absolute Galois group of a number field \(F\) and \(A\) an abelian variety over \(F\). The twisted root number \(W(A,\tau)\) is a sign in the conjectural functional equation for the \(L\)-function of \(A\) twisted by \(\tau\).NEWLINENEWLINE The main result of the paper is a formula for \(W(A,\tau)\) under the assumption that the conductors of \(A\) and \(\tau\) are relatively prime. It is a generalization of a well-known formula for elliptic curves. This implies (generalizing proofs of \textit{E. Kobayashi} for elliptic curves [Tokyo J. Math. 29, No. 2, 295--300 (2006; Zbl 1213.11119)]), that if the formula holds for any one-dimensional representation of the absolute Galois group of \(F\), then the rank of the group of points of \(A\) defined in the maximal abelian extension of \(F\) is infinite.