On a comparison of Cassels pairings of different elliptic curves
Abstract
Let e1,e2,e3 be nonzero integers satisfying e1+e2+e3=0. Let (a,b,c) be a primitive triple of odd integers satisfying e1a2+e2b2+e3c2=0. Denote by E: y2=x(x-e1)(x+e2) and E: y2=x(x-e1a2)(x+e2b2). Assume that the 2-Selmer groups of E and E are minimal. Let n be a positive square-free odd integer, where the prime factors of n are nonzero quadratic residues modulo each odd prime factor of e1e2e3abc. Then under certain conditions, the 2-Selmer group and the Cassels pairing of the quadratic twist E(n) coincide with those of E(n). As a corollary, E(n) has Mordell-Weil rank zero without order 4 element in its Shafarevich-Tate group, if and only if these holds for E(n). We also give some applications for the congruent elliptic curve.
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