On a problem of Hoffstein and Kontorovich

Publication date 15 July 2020

Modular and automorphic functions (11F03) Langlands (L)-functions; one variable Dirichlet series and functional equations (11F66) Dirichlet series in several complex variables associated to automorphic forms; Weyl group multiple Dirichlet series (11F68)

Abstract: Let

p i

be a cuspidal automorphic representation of

o p e r a t o r n a m e {G L}_{2} (m a t h b b A_{m a t h b b Q})

and

d

be a fundamental discriminant. Hoffstein and Kontorovich ask for a bound on the least

| d |

(if it exists) such that the central value

L (1 / 2, p i o t i m e s c h i_{d}) e q 0

. The bound should be given in terms of the weight, Laplace eigenvalue and/or level of

p i

. Let

f

be a holomorphic twist-minimal newform of even weight

e l l

, odd cubefree level

N

, and trivial nebentypus. When

p i c o n g p i_{f}

and the squarefree part of

N

is of appropriate size, we conditionally improve upon level aspect results of Hoffstein and Kontorovich under subconvexity (with a sub-Weyl exponent) for automorphic

L

-functions. As a consequence we conditionally prove that given an elliptic curve

E / m a t h b b Q

of conductor

N

, there exists a small twist that has Mordell--Weil rank equal to zero.

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