In this talk I will describe a non-archimedean conjectural construction of the Tate lattice
of an elliptic curve E defined over an arbitrary-signature number field F. I will also provide analytic constructions
of algebraic points on such curves, which generalize the so-called Stark--Heegner or Darmon points. One important
feature of all these constructions is their explicitness, which allows for the numerical verification of the conjectures.
This is joint work with Xavier Guitart and Mehmet H. Sengun.
Non-archimedean construction of elliptic curves and rational points
1. Non-archimedean construction
of elliptic curves
and rational points
Number Theory Seminar, Sheffield
Xavier Guitart 1 Marc Masdeu 2 Mehmet Haluk Sengun 3
1Universitat de Barcelona
2University of Warwick
3Sheffield University
December 9th, 2014
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2. Plan
1 Quaternionic automorphic forms and elliptic curves
2 Darmon points
3 The overconvergent method
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3. Quaternionic automorphic forms of level N
F a number field of signature pr, sq, and fix N Ă OF .
Choose factorization N “ Dn, with D squarefree.
v1, . . . , vr : F ãÑ R, w1, . . . , ws : F ãÑ C.
Let B{F be the quaternion algebra such that
RampBq “ tq: q | Du Y tvn`1, . . . , vru, pn ď rq.
R>0
C
H3
R>0
H
R
PGL2(R)
PGL2(C)
Fix isomorphisms
B bFvi – M2pRq, i “ 1, . . . , n; B bFwj – M2pCq, j “ 1, . . . , s.
These yield Bˆ{Fˆ ãÑ PGL2pRqn ˆ PGL2pCqs ý Hn ˆ Hs
3.
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4. Quaternionic automorphic forms of level N (II)
Fix RD
0 pnq Ă B Eichler order of level n.
ΓD
0 pnq “ RD
0 pnqˆ{Oˆ
F acts discretely on Hn ˆ Hs
3.
Obtain a manifold of (real) dimension 2n ` 3s:
Y D
0 pnq “ ΓD
0 pnqz pHn
ˆ Hs
3q .
Y D
0 pnq is compact ðñ B is division.
The cohomology of Y D
0 pnq can be computed via
H˚
pY D
0 pnq, Cq – H˚
pΓD
0 pnq, Cq.
Hecke algebra TD “ ZrTq : q Ds acts on H˚pΓD
0 pnq, Zq.
Definition
f P Hn`spΓD
0 pnq, Cq eigen for TD is rational if appfq P Z, @p P TD.
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5. Elliptic curves from cohomology classes
Definition
f P Hn`spΓD
0 pnq, Cq eigen for TD is rational if appfq P Z, @p P TD.
Conjecture (Taylor, ICM 1994)
f P Hn`spΓD
0 pnq, Zq a new, rational eigenclass.
Then DEf {F of conductor N “ Dn such that
#Ef pOF {pq “ 1 ` |p| ´ appfq @p N.
To avoid fake elliptic curves, assume N is not square-full: Dp N.
First Goal of the talk
Make this conjecture (conjecturally) constructive.
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6. The case F “ Q: Cremona’s algorithm
Eichler–Shimura
X0pNq Ñ JacpX0pNqq
ş
–
H0
`
X0pNq, Ω1
˘_
H1pX0pNq, Zq
Hecke
C{Λf Ñ Ef pCq.
1 Compute H1pX0pNq, Zq (modular symbols).
2 Find the period lattice Λf by explicitly integrating
Λf “
Cż
γ
2πi
ÿ
ně1
anpfqe2πinz
: γ P H1
´
X0pNq, Z
¯
G
.
3 Compute c4pΛf q, c6pΛf q P C by evaluating Eistenstein series.
4 Recognize c4pΛf q, c6pΛf q as integers ; Ef : Y 2 “ X3 ´ c4
48X ´ c6
864.
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7. F ‰ Q. Existing constructions
F totally real. rF : Qs “ n, fix σ: F ãÑ R.
S2pΓ0pNqq Q f ; ˜ωf P Hn
pΓ0pNq, Cq ; Λf Ď C.
Conjecture (Oda, Darmon, Gartner)
C{Λf is isogenous to Ef ˆF Fσ.
Known to hold (when F real quadratic) for base-change of E{Q.
Exploited in very restricted cases (Demb´el´e, . . . ).
Explicitly computing Λf is hard –no quaternionic computations–.
F not totally real: no known algorithms. In fact:
Theorem
If F is imaginary quadratic, the lattice Λf is contained in R.
Idea
Allow for non-archimedean constructions!
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8. Non-archimedean construction
From now on: fix p N.
Theorem (Tate uniformization)
There exists a rigid-analytic, Galois-equivariant isomorphism
η: ¯Fˆ
p {xqEy Ñ Ep ¯Fpq,
with qE P Fˆ
p satisfying jpEq “ q´1
E ` 744 ` 196884qE ` ¨ ¨ ¨ .
Suppose D coprime factorization N “ pDm, with D “ discpB{Fq.
§ . . . always possible when F has at least one real place.
Compute qE as a replacement for Λf .
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9. Non-archimedean path integrals on Hp
Consider Hp “ P1pCpq P1pFpq.
It is the right analogue to H:
§ It has a rigid-analytic structure.
§ Action of PGL2pFpq by fractional linear transformations.
§ Rigid-analytic 1-forms ω P Ω1
Hp
.
§ Coleman integration ; make sense of
şτ2
τ1
ω P Cp.
Get a PGL2pFpq-equivariant pairing
ş
: Ω1
Hp
ˆ Div0
Hp Ñ Cp.
For each Γ Ă PGL2pFpq, get induced pairing
HipΓ, Ω1
Hp
q ˆ HipΓ, Div0
Hpq
ş
// Cp
´
Φ,
ř
γ γ bDγ
¯
//
ř
γ
ż
Dγ
Φpγq.
Ω1
Hp
– space of Cp-valued boundary measures Meas0pP1pFpq, Cpq.
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10. Measures and integrals
Bruhat-Tits tree of GL2pFpq, |p| “ 2.
P1pFpq – EndspT q.
Harmonic cocycles HCpAq “
tEpT q
f
Ñ A |
ř
opeq“v fpeq “ 0u
Meas0pP1pFpq, Aq – HCpAq.
So replace ω P Ω1
Hp
with
µω P Meas0pP1pFpq, Zq – HCpZq.
P1
(Fp)
U ⊂ P1
(Fp)
µ(U)
v∗
ˆv∗
e∗
T
Coleman integration: if τ1, τ2 P Hp, then
ż τ2
τ1
ω “
ż
P1pFpq
logp
ˆ
t ´ τ2
t ´ τ1
˙
dµωptq “ limÝÑ
U
ÿ
UPU
logp
ˆ
tU ´ τ2
tU ´ τ1
˙
µωpUq.
Multiplicative refinent (assume µωpUq P Z, @U):
ˆ
ż τ2
τ1
ω “ ˆ
ż
P1pFpq
ˆ
t ´ τ2
t ´ τ1
˙
dµωptq “ limÝÑ
U
ź
UPU
ˆ
tU ´ τ2
tU ´ τ1
˙µωpUq
.
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11. The tpu-arithmetic group Γ
Choose a factorization N “ pDm.
B{F “ quaternion algebra with RampBq “ tq | Du Y tvn`1, . . . , vru.
Recall also RD
0 ppmq Ă RD
0 pmq Ă B.
Fix ιp : RD
0 pmq ãÑ M2pZpq.
Define ΓD
0 ppmq “ RD
0 ppmqˆ{Oˆ
F and ΓD
0 pmq “ RD
0 pmqˆ{Oˆ
F .
Let Γ “ RD
0 pmqr1{psˆ{OF r1{psˆ ιp
ãÑ PGL2pFpq.
Example
F “ Q and D “ 1, so N “ pM.
B “ M2pQq.
Γ0ppMq “
` a b
c d
˘
P GL2pZq: pM | c
(
{t˘1u.
Γ “
` a b
c d
˘
P GL2pZr1{psq: M | c
(
{t˘1u ãÑ PGL2pQq Ă PGL2pQpq.
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12. The tpu-arithmetic group Γ
Lemma
Assume that h`
F “ 1. Then ιp induces bijections
Γ{ΓD
0 pmq – V0pT q, Γ{ΓD
0 ppmq – E0pT q
V0 “ V0pT q (resp. E0 “ E0pT q) are the even vertices (resp. edges) of T .
Proof.
1 Strong approximation ùñ Γ acts transitively on E0 and V0.
2 Stabilizer of vertex v˚ (resp. edge e˚) is ΓD
0 pmq (resp. ΓD
0 ppmq).
Corollary
MapspE0pT q, Zq – IndΓ
ΓD
0 ppmq
Z, MapspVpT q, Zq –
´
IndΓ
ΓD
0 pmq
Z
¯2
.
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13. Cohomology
Γ “ RD
0 pmqr1{psˆ
{OF r1{psˆ ιp
ãÑ PGL2pFpq.
MapspE0pT q, Zq – IndΓ
ΓD
0 ppmq
Z, MapspVpT q, Zq –
´
IndΓ
ΓD
0 pmq
Z
¯2
.
Consider the Γ-equivariant exact sequence
0 // HCpZq // MapspE0pT q, Zq
∆ // MapspVpT q, Zq // 0
ϕ // rv ÞÑ
ř
opeq“v ϕpeqs
So get:
0 Ñ HCpZq Ñ IndΓ
ΓD
0 ppmq
Z
∆
Ñ
´
IndΓ
ΓD
0 pmq
Z
¯2
Ñ 0
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14. Cohomology (II)
0 Ñ HCpZq Ñ IndΓ
ΓD
0 ppmq
Z
∆
Ñ
´
IndΓ
ΓD
0 pmq
Z
¯2
Ñ 0
Taking Γ-cohomology,. . .
Hn`s
pΓ, HCpZqq Ñ Hn`s
pΓ, IndΓ
ΓD
0 ppmq
, Zq
∆
Ñ Hn`s
pΓ, IndΓ
ΓD
0 pmq
, Zq2
Ñ
. . . and using Shapiro’s lemma:
Hn`s
pΓ, HCpZqq Ñ Hn`s
pΓD
0 ppmq, Zq
∆
Ñ Hn`s
pΓD
0 pmq, Zq2
Ñ ¨ ¨ ¨
f P Hn`spΓD
0 ppmq, Zq being p-new ô f P Kerp∆q.
Pulling back get
ωf P Hn`s
pΓ, HCpZqq.
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15. Holomogy
Consider the Γ-equivariant short exact sequence:
0 Ñ Div0
Hp Ñ Div Hp
deg
Ñ Z Ñ 0.
Taking Γ-homology yields
Hn`s`1pΓ, Zq
δ
Ñ Hn`spΓ, Div0
Hpq Ñ Hn`spΓ, Div Hpq Ñ Hn`spΓ, Zq
Λf “
#
ˆ
ż
δpcq
ωf : c P Hn`s`1pΓ, Zq
+
Ă Cˆ
p
Conjecture A (Greenberg, Guitart–M.–Sengun)
The multiplicative lattice Λf is homothetic to qZ
E.
F “ Q: Darmon, Dasgupta–Greenberg, Longo–Rotger–Vigni.
Open in general.
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16. Recovering E from Λf
Λf “ xqf y gives us qf
?
“ qE.
Assume ordppqf q ą 0 (otherwise, replace qf ÞÑ 1{qf ).
Get
jpqf q “ q´1
f ` 744 ` 196884qf ` ¨ ¨ ¨ P Cˆ
p .
From N guess the discriminant ∆E.
§ Only finitely-many possibilities, ∆E P SpF, 12q.
jpqf q “ c3
4{∆E ; recover c4.
Recognize c4 algebraically.
1728∆E “ c3
4 ´ c2
6 ; recover c6.
Compute the conductor of Ef : Y 2 “ X3 ´ c4
48X ´ c6
864.
§ If conductor is correct, check aq’s.
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17. Example curve
F “ Qpαq, pαpxq “ x4 ´ x3 ` 3x ´ 1, ∆F “ ´1732.
N “ pα ´ 2q “ P13.
B{F of ramified only at all infinite real places of F.
There is a rational eigenclass f P S2pΓ0p1, Nqq.
From f we compute ωf P H1pΓ, HCpZqq and Λf .
qf
?
“ qE “ 8 ¨ 13 ` 11 ¨ 132 ` 5 ¨ 133 ` 3 ¨ 134 ` ¨ ¨ ¨ ` Op13100q.
jE “ 1
13
´
´ 4656377430074α3
` 10862248656760α2
´ 14109269950515α ` 4120837170980
¯
.
c4 “ 2698473α3 ` 4422064α2 ` 583165α ´ 825127.
c6 “ 20442856268α3 ´ 4537434352α2 ´ 31471481744α ` 10479346607.
E{F : y2
`
`
α3
` α ` 3
˘
xy “ x3
`
`
`
´2α3
` α2
´ α ´ 5
˘
x2
`
`
´56218α3
´ 92126α2
´ 12149α ` 17192
˘
x
´ 23593411α3
` 5300811α2
` 36382184α ´ 12122562.
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21. The Machine
Darmon Points
E/F K/F quadratic
P
?
∈ E(Kab)
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22. Rational points on elliptic curves
Suppose we have E{F attached to f.
Let K{F be a quadratic extension of F.
§ Assume that N is square-free, coprime to discpK{Fq.
Hasse-Weil L-function of the base change of E to K ( psq ąą 0)
LpE{K, sq “
ź
p|N
`
1 ´ ap|p|´s
˘´1
ˆ
ź
p N
`
1 ´ ap|p|´s
` |p|1´2s
˘´1
.
Coarse version of BSD conjecture
ords“1 LpE{K, sq “ rkZ EpKq.
So ords“1 LpE{K, sq odd
BSD
ùñ DPK P EpKq of infinite order.
Second goal of the talk
Find PK explicitly (at least conjecturally).
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23. Heegner Points (K{Q imaginary quadratic)
Use crucially that E is attached to f.
ωf “ 2πifpzqdz P H0
pΓ0pNq, Ω1
Hq.
Given τ P K X H, set Jτ “
ż τ
i8
ωf P C.
Well-defined up to the lattice Λf “
!ş
γ ωf | γ P H1 pΓ0pNq, Zq
)
.
§ There exists an isogeny (Weierstrass uniformization)
η: C{Λf Ñ EpCq.
§ Set Pτ “ ηpJτ q P EpCq.
Fact: Pτ P EpHτ q, where Hτ {K is a ring class field attached to τ.
Theorem (Gross-Zagier)
PK “ TrHτ {KpPτ q nontorsion ðñ L1
pE{K, 1q ‰ 0.
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24. Heegner Points: revealing the trick
Why did this work?
1 The Riemann surface Γ0pNqzH has an algebraic model X0pNq{Q.
2 There is a morphism φ defined over Q:
φ: JacpX0pNqq Ñ E.
3 The CM point pτq ´ p8q P JacpX0pNqqpHτ q gets mapped to:
φppτq ´ p8qq “ Pτ P EpHτ q.
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25. Darmon’s insight
Henri Darmon
Drop hypothesis of K{F being CM.
§ Simplest case: F “ Q, K real quadratic.
However:
§ There are no points on JacpX0pNqq attached to such K.
§ In general there is no morphism φ: JacpX0pNqq Ñ E.
§ When F is not totally real, even the curve X0pNq is missing!
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26. New notation
Still assume p N “ condpEq.
The triple pE, K, pq determines uniquely the quaternion algebra B:
RampBq “ SpE, Kq tpu.
Set n ` s “ #tv | 8F : v splits in Ku.
K{F is CM ðñ n ` s “ 0.
§ If n ` s “ 1 we call K{F quasi-CM.
SpE, Kq “
!
v | N8F : v not split in K
)
.
Sign of functional equation for LpE{K, sq should be p´1q#SpE,Kq.
§ From now on, we assume that #SpE, Kq is odd.
Assume there is a finite prime p P SpE, Kq.
§ If p was an infinite place ùñ archimedean case (not today).
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27. Homology classes attached to K
Let ψ: O ãÑ RD
0 pmq be an embedding of an order O of K.
§ Which is optimal: ψpOq “ RD
0 pmq X ψpKq.
Consider the group Oˆ
1 “ tu P Oˆ : NmK{F puq “ 1u.
§ rankpOˆ
1 q “ rankpOˆ
q ´ rankpOˆ
F q “ n ` s.
Choose a basis u1, . . . , un`s P Oˆ
1 for the non-torsion units.
§ ; ∆ψ “ ψpu1q ¨ ¨ ¨ ψpun`sq P Hn`spΓ, Zq.
Kˆ acts on Hp through Kˆ ψ
ãÑ Bˆ ιp
ãÑ GL2pFpq.
§ Let τψ be the (unique) fixed point of Kˆ
on Hp.
Hn`s`1pΓ, Zq
δ // Hn`spΓ, Div0
Hpq // Hn`spΓ, Div Hpq
deg
// Hn`spΓ, Zq
Θψ
? // r∆ψ bτψs // r∆ψs
Fact: r∆ψs is torsion.
§ Can pull back a multiple of r∆ψ bτψs to Θψ P Hn`spΓ, Div0
Hpq.
§ Well defined up to δpHn`s`1pΓ, Zqq.
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28. Conjectures
Jψ “ ˆ
ż
Θψ
ωf P Kˆ
p {Λf .
Conjecture A (restated)
There is an isogeny β : Kˆ
p {Λf Ñ EpKpq.
The Darmon point attached to E and ψ: K Ñ B is:
Pψ “ βpJψq P EpKpq.
Conjecture B (Darmon, Greenberg, Trifkovic, G-M-S)
1 The local point Pψ is global, and belongs to EpKabq.
2 Pψ is nontorsion if and only if L1pE{K, 1q ‰ 0.
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29. Non-archimedean cubic Darmon point
F “ Qprq, with r3 ´ r2 ´ r ` 2 “ 0.
F has signature p1, 1q and discriminant ´59.
Consider the elliptic curve E{F given by the equation:
E{F : y2
` p´r ´ 1q xy ` p´r ´ 1q y “ x3
´ rx2
` p´r ´ 1q x.
E has conductor NE “
`
r2 ` 2
˘
“ p17q2, where
p17 “
`
´r2
` 2r ` 1
˘
, q2 “ prq .
Consider K “ Fpαq, where α “
?
´3r2 ` 9r ´ 6.
The quaternion algebra B{F has discriminant D “ q2:
B “ Fxi, j, ky, i2
“ ´1, j2
“ r, ij “ ´ji “ k.
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30. Non-archimedean cubic Darmon point (II)
The maximal order of K is generated by wK, a root of the polynomial
x2
` pr ` 1qx `
7r2 ´ r ` 10
16
.
One can embed OK in the Eichler order of level p17 by:
wK ÞÑ p´r2
` rqi ` p´r ` 2qj ` rk.
We obtain γψ “ 6r2´7
2 ` 2r`3
2 i ` 2r2`3r
2 j ` 5r2´7
2 k, and
τψ “ p12g`8q`p7g`13q17`p12g`10q172
`p2g`9q173
`p4g`2q174
`¨ ¨ ¨
After integrating we obtain:
Jψ “ 16`9¨17`15¨172
`16¨173
`12¨174
`2¨175
`¨ ¨ ¨`5¨1720
`Op1721
q,
which corresponds to:
Pψ “ ´108 ˆ
ˆ
r ´ 1,
α ` r2 ` r
2
˙
P EpKq.
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31. What’s next
Equations for abelian surfaces of GL2-type.
Computing in H2 and H2 (sharblies?)
Reductive groups other than GL2.
Higher class numbers ( ùñ Γ non-transitive on T ).
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32. Thank you !
Bibliography, code and slides at:
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/mmasdeu/
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33. Overconvergent Method
Starting data: cohomology class Φ “ ωf P H1pΓ, Ω1
Hp
q.
Goal: to compute integrals
şτ2
τ1
Φγ, for γ P Γ.
Recall that ż τ2
τ1
Φγ “
ż
P1pFpq
logp
ˆ
t ´ τ1
t ´ τ2
˙
dµγptq.
Expand the integrand into power series and change variables.
§ We are reduced to calculating the moments:
ż
Zp
ti
dµγptq for all γ P Γ.
Note: Γ Ě ΓD
0 pmq Ě ΓD
0 ppmq.
Technical lemma: All these integrals can be recovered from
#ż
Zp
ti
dµγptq: γ P ΓD
0 ppmq
+
.
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34. Overconvergent Method (II)
D “ tlocally analytic Zp-valued distributions on Zpu.
§ ϕ P D maps a locally-analytic function h on Zp to ϕphq P Zp.
§ D is naturally a ΓD
0 ppmq-module.
The map ϕ ÞÑ ϕp1Zp q induces a projection:
H1pΓD
0 ppmq, Dq
ρ
// H1pΓD
0 ppmq, Zpq.
P
f
Theorem (Pollack-Stevens, Pollack-Pollack)
There exists a unique Up-eigenclass ˜Φ lifting Φ.
Moreover, ˜Φ is explicitly computable by iterating the Up-operator.
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35. Overconvergent Method (III)
But we wanted to compute the moments of a system of measures. . .
Proposition
Consider the map Ψ: ΓD
0 ppmq Ñ D:
γ ÞÑ
”
hptq ÞÑ
ż
Zp
hptqdµγptq
ı
.
1 Ψ belongs to H1
´
ΓD
0 ppmq, D
¯
.
2 Ψ is a lift of f.
3 Ψ is a Up-eigenclass.
Corollary
The explicitly computed ˜Φ “ Ψ knows the above integrals.
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36. Thank you !
(now, for real)
Bibliography, code and slides at:
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/mmasdeu/
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