The average size of the 2-Selmer group of a family of non-hyperelliptic curves of genus 3

DOI10.2140/ANT.2022.16.1161MaRDI QIDQ6348018arXivWikidataFDO

Authors Jef Laga

Publication date 30 August 2020

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2140/ANT.2022.16.1161

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galois cohomology of linear algebraic groups (11E72) [https://duckduckgo.com/?q=MSC%2011G30%20%22Curves+of+arbitrary+genus+or+genus+%28%0D%0Ae+1%29+over+global+fields%22 Curves of arbitrary genus or genus ( e 1) over global fields (11G30)] Asymptotic results on counting functions for algebraic and topological structures (11N45) Rational points (14G05) Global ground fields in algebraic geometry (14G25) Jacobians, Prym varieties (14H40) Special algebraic curves and curves of low genus (14H45)

arXiv classification

math.AGmath.NT

Abstract: We show that the average size of the $2$-Selmer group of the family of Jacobians of non-hyperelliptic genus-$3$ curves with a marked rational hyperflex point, when ordered by a natural height, is bounded above by $3$. We achieve this by interpreting $2$-Selmer elements as integral orbits of a representation associated with a stable $mathbbZ/2mathbbZ$-grading on the Lie algebra of type $E_6$ and using Bhargava's orbit-counting techniques. We use this result to show that the marked point is the only rational point for a positive proportion of curves in this family. The main novelties are the construction of integral representatives using certain properties of the compactified Jacobian of the simple curve singularity of type $E_6$, and a representation-theoretic interpretation of a Mumford theta group naturally associated to our family of curves.

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