Some conjectures about ranks of elliptic curves over ℚ: rank_height_count_asymptotic
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Statement
[PPVW2016] 8.2(b): for 1 ≤ r ≤ 20, the number of elliptic curves over ℚ with rank at least
r and naïve height at most H is asymptotically H ^ ((21 - r) / 24 + o(1)).
Note: ℰ_H in 8.2(b) should be ℰ_{≤H}, see the statement of Theorem 7.3.3.
When r = 1, the exponent is 20 / 24 = 5 / 6, which agrees with the exponent in
card_heightLE_div_pow_five_div_six_tensto and is consistent with
half_rank_zero_and_half_rank_one.
The equality is asserted only for large H, matching the o(1) above: it cannot hold
at small H, because heightLE H is empty for H ≤ 3 (naiveHeight E ≤ 3 forces
A = B = 0, which both Δ_ne_zero and reduced exclude) and consists only of the two
rank-zero curves y² = x³ ± x for 4 ≤ H ≤ 26, while the right hand side is
Real.rpow and hence strictly positive.
Lean statement
theorem rank_height_count_asymptotic (r : ℕ) (h₁ : 1 ≤ r) (h₂ : r ≤ 20) :
∃ f : ℕ → ℝ, atTop.Tendsto f (𝓝 0) ∧
∀ᶠ H : ℕ in atTop,
{E ∈ heightLE H | r ≤ E.rank}.ncard = (H : ℝ) ^ ((21 - r) / 24 + f H) := by
sorrySources(1)
Openness evidence
Tagged category research open in google-deepmind/formal-conjectures at commit a64e959c32c2. Definitions used by the statement are in FormalConjectures/Wikipedia/EllipticCurveRank.lean.
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