L-values of elliptic curves

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introduction

  • Computing \(L(E;1)\) is easy: it is either 0 or the period of elliptic curve \(E\)
  • Computing \(L(E;k)\) for \(k\geq 2\) is highly non-trivial. The already mentioned results of Beilinson generalised later by Denninger-Scholl show that any such L-value can be expressed as a period.
  • Several examples are explicitly given for \(k=2\), mainly motivated by showing particular cases of Beilinson's conjectures in K-theory and Boyd's (conjectural) evaluations of Mahler measures.
  • In spite of the algorithmic nature of Beilinson's method and in view of its complexity, no examples were produced so far for a single \(L(E;3)\).
  • Rogers and Zudilin in 2010-11 created an elementary alternative to Beilinson-Denninger-Scholl to prove some conjectural Mahler evaluations.


elliptic curve of conductor 32

\[ \begin{aligned} f(\tau)&={\eta(4\tau)^2\eta(8\tau)^2}=q\prod_{n=1}^{\infty} (1-q^{4n})^2(1-q^{8n})^2\\ {}&=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}c_nq^n=q - 2 q^{5 }-3q^9+6q^{13}+2q^{17}+\cdots \end{aligned} \]

  • L-values

\[ L(E_{32},1) =\frac{\beta}{4} \] where \(\beta=\int_1^{\infty } \frac{1}{\sqrt{x^3-x}} \, dx=2.6220575543\cdots\)

\[ L(E_{32},2) =\frac\pi8\int_0^1\frac{x}{\sqrt{1-x^4}}\,\log\frac{1+x}{1-x}\,d x. \]

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computational resources


expositions


articles

  • Martin, Kimball. “The Jacquet-Langlands Correspondence, Eisenstein Congruences, and Integral L-Values in Weight 2.” arXiv:1601.03284 [math], January 13, 2016. http://arxiv.org/abs/1601.03284.
  • [Z2013] Zudilin, Wadim. 2013. “Period(d)ness of L-Values.” In Number Theory and Related Fields, edited by Jonathan M. Borwein, Igor Shparlinski, and Wadim Zudilin, 381–395. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics 43. Springer New York. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-6642-0_20.