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Elliptic aliquot
cycles of fixed length
Nathan Jones |
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Vol. 263 (2013), No. 2, 353–371
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Abstract |
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Silverman and Stange define the notion of an aliquot cycle of length L for a fixed elliptic curve E over ℚ, and conjecture an order of magnitude for the function which counts such aliquot cycles. In the present note, we combine heuristics of Lang–Trotter with those of Koblitz to refine their conjecture to a precise asymptotic formula by specifying the appropriate constant. We give a criterion for positivity of the conjectural constant, as well as some numerical evidence for our conjecture. |
Keywords
elliptic curve, aliquot cycle, amicable pair
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Mathematical Subject Classification 2010
Primary: 11G05
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Milestones
Received: 16 July 2012
Revised: 10 December 2012
Accepted: 14 December 2012
Published: 31 May 2013
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Authors |
| Nathan Jones | |
| Department of Mathematics University of Mississippi Hume Hall 305 P.O. Box 1848 University, MS 38677 United States |
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