On the Average Exponent of Elliptic Curves Modulo p

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Abstract: Given an elliptic curve E/Q and a prime p at which E has good reduction, let e_p be the exponent of the group E_p(F_p) of F_p-rational points on the reduction of E modulo p. Under the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis (GRH) for the Dedekind zeta functions of the division fields of E, we show that there is a certain constant c_E, depending on E and satisfying 0 < c_E < 1, such that e_p/#E_p(F_p) is equal to c_E on average. In the case where E has complex multiplication (CM) the result holds without GRH. If E is a non-CM curve we show that c_E is equal to a rational number depending on E times a universal constant c = prod_q {1 - q^3/(q^2-1)(q^5-1)} = 0.899..., the product being over all primes q.











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