Heuristics on Tate-Shafarevitch groups of elliptic curves defined over Q

Authors
Citation
C. Delaunay, Heuristics on Tate-Shafarevitch groups of elliptic curves defined over Q, EXP MATH, 10(2), 2001, pp. 191-196
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
EXPERIMENTAL MATHEMATICS
ISSN journal
10586458 → ACNP
Volume
10
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
191 - 196
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-6458(2001)10:2<191:HOTGOE>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
In a well-known paper, Cohen and Lenstra gave conjectures on class groups o f number fields. We give here similar conjectures for Tate-Shafarevitch gro ups of elliptic curves defined over Q. For such groups (ii they are finite) , there exists a nondegenerate, alternating, bilinear pairing. We give some properties of such groups and then formulate heuristics which allow us to give precise conjectures.