On the equation N_{p₁}(E)\cdot N_{p₂}(E)\cdots N_{p_k}(E)=n

arXiv1711.06283MaRDI QIDQ6294071FDOQ6294071

Publication date: 16 November 2017

Abstract: For a given elliptic curve

E / m a t h b b Q

, set

N_{p} (E)

to be the number of points on

E

modulo

p

for a prime of good reduction for

E

. Given integer

n

, let

G_{k} (E, n)

be the number of

k

-tuples of pairwise distinct primes

p_{1}, l d o t s, p_{k}

of good reduction for

E

, for which equation in the title holds, then on assuming the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis for elliptic curves without CM (and unconditionally if the curves have complex multiplication), I show that

v a r l i m s u p_{n o i n f t y} G_{k} (E, n) = i n f t y

for any integer

k g e q 3

. I also conjecture that this result also holds for

k = 1

and

k = 2

. In particular for

k = 1

this conjecture says that there are "elliptic progressions of primes" i.e. sequences of primes

p_{1} < p_{2} c d o t s < p_{m}

of arbitrary lengths

m

such that

N_{p_{1}} (E) = N_{p_{2}} (E) = c d o t s = N_{p_{m}} (E)

.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elliptic curves over global fields (11G05) Curves over finite and local fields (11G20)

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