Lower bounds for the modified Szpiro ratio

Abstract: Let

E / m a t h b b Q

be an elliptic curve. The modified Szpiro ratio of

E

is the quantity

s i g m a_{m} (E) = l o g m a x l e f t l e f t v e r t c_{4}^{3} i g h t v e r t, c_{6}^{2} i g h t / l o g N_{E}

where

c_{4}

and

c_{6}

are the invariants associated to a global minimal model of

E

, and

N_{E}

denotes the conductor of

E

. In this article, we show that for each of the fifteen torsion subgroups

T

allowed by Mazur's Torsion Theorem, there is a rational number

l_{T}

such that if

T h o o k r i g h t a r r o w E (m a t h b b Q)_{e x t t o r s}

, then

s i g m a_{m} (E) > l_{T}

. We also show that this bound is sharp.

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