A trick to ensure positive Mordell-Weil rank
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| author | Misme, Thibaut |
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| contents | In this short note, we present a trick to ensure that the Jacobian of a given smooth curve over a number field has strictly positive Mordell-Weil rank. More explicitly, we prove that a smooth curve with no rational non-trivial 2-torsion and no rational theta characteristic has non-zero Mordell-Weil rank assuming the existence of a rational degree 1 divisor class. In particular, it implies that a generic nice curve with a rational degree 1 class has strictly positive rank. This criteria is both of theoretical and computational interest as we show how to use it in practice. We also give refinements, including an equivalent for families of curves, and explicit examples. |
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| spellingShingle | A trick to ensure positive Mordell-Weil rank Misme, Thibaut Number Theory In this short note, we present a trick to ensure that the Jacobian of a given smooth curve over a number field has strictly positive Mordell-Weil rank. More explicitly, we prove that a smooth curve with no rational non-trivial 2-torsion and no rational theta characteristic has non-zero Mordell-Weil rank assuming the existence of a rational degree 1 divisor class. In particular, it implies that a generic nice curve with a rational degree 1 class has strictly positive rank. This criteria is both of theoretical and computational interest as we show how to use it in practice. We also give refinements, including an equivalent for families of curves, and explicit examples. |
| title | A trick to ensure positive Mordell-Weil rank |
| topic | Number Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.04100 |