Heegner points and the rank of elliptic curves over large extensions of global fields

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2006-04-05

arxiv.org/abs/math/0604107v2

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Number Theory

12 pages

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Let k be a global field, $\bar{k}$ a separable closure of k, and $G_k$ the absolute Galois group $\Gal(\bar{k}/k)$ of $\bar{k}$ over k. For every g in $G_k$, let $\bar{k}^g$ be the fixed subfield of $\bar{k}$ under g. Let E/k be an elliptic curve over k. We show that for each g in $G_k$, the Mordell-Weil group $E(\bar{k}^g)$ has infinite rank in the following two cases. Firstly when k is a global function field of odd characteristic and E is parametrized by a Drinfeld modular curve, and secondly when k is a totally real number field and E/k is parametrized by a Shimura curve. In both cases our approach uses the non-triviality of a sequence of Heegner points on E defined over ring class fields.

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