On high rank /3 and 2/3-congruent number elliptic curves

DOI10.1216/RMJ-2014-44-6-1867MaRDI QIDQ2514546zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Sajad Salami, Andrej Dujella, Juan Carlos Peral, Ali S. Janfada

Publication date 3 February 2015

Published in Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.4291, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rmjm/1422885098

zbMATH Keywords

\(\theta\)-congruent numberelliptic curveMordell-Weil rank

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elliptic curves over global fields (11G05)

Abstract: Consider the elliptic curves given by $E_{n,heta}:quad{y}^2=x^3+2sn{x}^2-(r^2-s^2)n^{2}x$ where $0<heta<pi$, $cos(heta)=s/r$ is rational with $0leq|s|<r$ and $gcd(r,s)=1$. These elliptic curves are related to the $heta$-congruent number problem as a generalization of the congruent number problem. For fixed $heta$ this family corresponds to the quadratic twist by $n$ of the curve $E_{heta}:,,y^2=x^3+2s{x}^2-(r^2-s^2)x.$ We study two special cases $heta=pi/3$ and $heta=2pi/3$. We have found a subfamily of $n=n(w)$ having rank at least $3$ over $mathbbQ(w)$ and a subfamily with rank $4$ parametrized by points of an elliptic curve with positive rank. We also found examples of $n$ such that $E_{n,heta}$ has rank up to $7$ over $mathbbQ$ in both cases.

Review text

Let \(\theta\) be a real number such that \(1<\theta<\pi\) and \(\cos\theta=s/r\) where \(r,s\in\mathbb Z,0\leq |s|<r\) and \((s,q)=1\). Let \(n\) be a \(\theta\)-congruent number, in other words, \(n\) is a positive integer such that \(n\sqrt{r^2-s^2}\) is the area of a triangle with rational sides. Let \(E_{n,\theta}\) be the elliptic curve defined by the equation: \(y^2=x^3+2snx^2-(r^2-s^2)n^2x\), and \(r_\theta(n)\) be the \(\mathbb Q\)-rank of \(E_{n,\theta}\). It is known that for a square free integer \(n\neq 1,2,3,6\), \(n\) is a \(\theta\)-congruent number if and only if \(r_\theta(n)>0\). In the cases that \(\theta=\pi/3\) and \(2\pi/3\), the authors find families of congruent numbers \(n\) with \(r_\theta(n)\leq 4\) by applying results given in [\textit{J.-F. Mestre}, C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris, Sér. I, Math. 327, No. 8, 763--764 (1998; Zbl 0920.11036)] and [\textit{K. Rubin} and \textit{A. Silverberg}, Exp. Math. 10, No. 4, 559--569 (2001; Zbl 1035.11025)]. Further, they find by direct search examples of \(n\) such that \(r_\theta(n)=5,6\) and \(7\). In their search, they use a result in [\textit{M. Kan}, Acta Arith. 94, No. 2, 153--160 (2000; Zbl 0970.11020)] which chracterizes \(\theta\)-congruent numbers and Mestre-Nagao sums to find \(E_{n,\theta}\) with large \(r_\theta(n)\).

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