How many rational points does a random curve have?

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Abstract

A large part of modern arithmetic geometry is dedicated to or motivated by the study of rational points on varieties. For an elliptic curve over ℚ, the set of rational points forms a finitely generated abelian group. The ranks of these groups, when ranging over all elliptic curves, are conjectured to be evenly distributed between rank 0 and rank 1, with higher ranks being negligible. We will describe these conjectures and discuss some results on bounds for average rank, highlighting recent work of Bhargava and Shankar.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)27-52
Number of pages26
JournalBulletin of the American Mathematical Society
Volume51
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics

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