Ranks of abelian varieties in cyclotomic twist families

arXiv2107.06803MaRDI QIDQ6504573FDOQ6504573

Authors: Ari Shnidman, A. Weiss 

Abstract: Let $A$ be an abelian variety over a number field $F$, and suppose that $mathbbZ[zet{a}_n]$ embeds in $$, for some root of unity $zet{a}_n$ of order $n=3^m$. Assuming that the Galois action on the finite group $A[1-zet{a}_n]$ is sufficiently reducible, we bound the average rank of the Mordell--Weil groups $A_d(F)$, as $A_d$ varies through the family of $m{u}_{2n}$-twists of $A$. Combining this with the recently proved uniform Mordell-Lang conjecture, we prove near-uniform bounds for the number of rational points in twist families of bicyclic trigonal curves $y^3=f(x^2)$, as well as in twist families of theta divisors of cyclic trigonal curves $y^3=f(x)$. Our main technical result is the determination of the average size of a $3$-isogeny Selmer group in a family of $m{u}_{2n}$-twists.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abelian varieties of dimension (> 1) (11G10) Rational points (14G05) Forms of degree higher than two (11E76) Galois cohomology (11S25)

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