Elliptic curves over a finite field and the trace formula

DOI10.1112/PLMS.12069zbMATH Open1436.11068arXiv1510.03980OpenAlexW3126001524MaRDI QIDQ4600975FDOQ4600975

Authors: Nathan Kaplan, Ian Petrow 

Publication date: 18 January 2018

Published in: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove formulas for power moments for point counts of elliptic curves over a finite field $k$ such that the groups of $k$-points of the curves contain a chosen subgroup. These formulas express the moments in terms of traces of Hecke operators for certain congruence subgroups of $operatorname{SL}_2(mathbbZ)$. As our main technical input we prove an Eichler-Selberg trace formula for a family of congruence subgroups of $operatorname{SL}_2(mathbbZ)$ which include as special cases the groups $Gamm{a}_1(N)$ and $Gamma(N)$. Our formulas generalize results of Birch and Ihara (the case of the trivial subgroup, and the full modular group), and previous work of the authors (the subgroups $mathbbZ/2mathbbZ$ and $(mathbbZ/2mathbbZ{)}^2$ and congruence subgroups $Gamm{a}_0(2),Gamm{a}_0(4)$). We use these formulas to answer statistical questions about point counts for elliptic curves over a fixed finite field, generalizing results of Vlv{a}duc{t}, Gekeler, Howe, and others.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.03980

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zbMATH Keywords

elliptic curvespower momentsSelberg trace formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spectral theory; trace formulas (e.g., that of Selberg) (11F72) Hecke-Petersson operators, differential operators (one variable) (11F25) Curves over finite and local fields (11G20) Finite ground fields in algebraic geometry (14G15) Elliptic curves (14H52)

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