Counting rational points on elliptic curves with a rational 2-torsion point

DOI10.4171/RLM/945MaRDI QIDQ2075657zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Francesco Naccarato

Publication date 15 February 2022

Published in Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Serie IX. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.04032

zbMATH Keywords

canonical heightelliptic curvesrankssmall rational points

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elliptic curves over global fields (11G05)

Abstract: Let $E/mathbbQ$ be an elliptic curve over the rational numbers. It is known, by the work of Bombieri and Zannier, that if $E$ has full rational $2$-torsion, the number $N_E(B)$ of rational points with Weil height bounded by $B$ is $expleft(Oleft(fraclogBsqrtloglogBight)ight)$. In this paper we exploit the method of descent via $2$-isogeny to extend this result to elliptic curves with just one nontrivial rational $2$-torsion point. Moreover, we make use of a result of Petsche to derive the stronger upper bound $N_E(B)=expleft(Oleft(fraclogBloglogBight)ight)$ for these curves and to remove a deep transcendence theory ingredient from the proof.

Review text

Summary: Let \(E/\mathbb{Q}\) be an elliptic curve over the rational numbers. It is known, by the work of \textit{E. Bombieri} and \textit{U. Zannier} [Izv. Math. 68, No. 3, 437--445 (2004; Zbl 1080.11050); translation from Izv. Ross. Akad. Nauk Ser. Mat. 68, No. 3, 437--445 (2004)], that if \(E\) has full rational 2-torsion, the number \(N_E (B)\) of rational points with Weil height bounded by \(B\) is \(\exp\big( O \big( \frac{\log B}{\sqrt{\log\log B}}\big)\big)\). In this paper we exploit the method of descent via 2-isogeny to extend this result to elliptic curves with just one nontrivial rational 2-torsion point. Moreover, we make use of a result of Petsche to derive the stronger upper bound \(N_E (B) = \exp\big( O \big( \frac{\log B}{\sqrt{\log\log B}}\big)\big)\) for these curves and to remove a deep transcendence theory ingredient from the proof.

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