Arithmetic on Modular Curves (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988)

One of the most intriguing problems of modern number theory is to relate the arithmetic of abelian varieties to the special values of associated L-functions. A very precise conjecture has been formulated for elliptic curves by Birc~ and Swinnerton-Dyer and generalized to abelian varieties by Tate. The numerical evidence is quite encouraging. A weakened form of the conjectures has been verified for CM elliptic curves by Coates and Wiles, and recently strengthened by K. Rubin. But a general proof of the conjectures seems still to be a long way off. A few years ago, B. Mazur [26] proved a weak analog of these c- jectures. Let N be prime, and be a weight two newform for r 0 (N) . For a primitive Dirichlet character X of conductor prime to N, let i\ f (X) denote the algebraic part of L (f , X, 1) (see below). Mazur showed in [ 26] that the residue class of Af (X) modulo the "Eisenstein" ideal gives information about the arithmetic of Xo (N). There are two aspects to his work: congruence formulae for the values Af(X) , and a descent argument. Mazur's congruence formulae were extended to r 1 (N), N prime, by S. Kamienny and the author [17], and in a paper which will appear shortly, Kamienny has generalized the descent argument to this case.

General

Imprint:	Birkhauser Boston
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Progress in Mathematics, 20
Release date:	July 1982
First published:	1982
Authors:	G Stevens
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	217
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
ISBN-13:	978-0-8176-3088-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Algebra > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8176-3088-0
Barcode:	9780817630881

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