It is explained how the Mordell integral ∫ R e −2πzx cosh(πx) dx unifies the mock theta functions, partial (or false) theta functions, and some of Zagier’s quantum modular forms. As an application, we exploit the connections between q-hypergeometric series and mock and partial theta functions to obtain finite evaluations of the Mordell integral for rational choices of τ and z. 1. The Mordell In...

1. What is an elliptic curve? 2 2. Mordell-Weil Groups 5 2.1. The Group Law on a Smooth, Plane Cubic Curve 5 2.2. Reminders on Commutative Groups 8 2.3. Some Elementary Results on Mordell-Weil Groups 9 2.4. The Mordell-Weil Theorem 11 2.5. K-Analytic Lie Groups 13 3. Background on Algebraic Varieties 15 3.1. Affine Varieties 15 3.2. Projective Varieties 18 3.3. Homogeneous Nullstellensätze 20 3...

‎‎In the category of Mordell curves (E_D:y^2=x^3+D) with nontrivial torsion groups we find curves of the generic rank two as quadratic twists of (E_1), ‎and of the generic rank at least two and at least three as cubic twists of (E_1). ‎Previous work‎, ‎in the category of Mordell curves with trivial torsion groups‎, ‎has found infinitely many elliptic curves with ...

‎‎in the category of mordell curves (e_d:y^2=x^3+d) with nontrivial torsion groups we find curves of the generic rank two as quadratic twists of (e_1), ‎and of the generic rank at least two and at least three as cubic twists of (e_1). ‎previous work‎, ‎in the category of mordell curves with trivial torsion groups‎, ‎has found infinitely many elliptic curves with rank at least seven as sextic tw...

We describe how to prove the Mordell-Weil theorem for Jacobians of hyperelliptic curves over Q and how to compute the rank and generators for the Mordell-Weil group.

We say a lattice Λ is rigid if it its isometry group acts irreducibly on its ambient Euclidean space. We say Λ is Mordell-Weil if there exists an abelian variety A over a number field K such that A(K)/A(K)tor, regarded as a lattice by means of its height pairing, contains at least one copy of Λ. We prove that every rigid lattice is Mordell-Weil. In particular, we show that the Leech lattice can...

Let φ : P → P be a morphism of degree d ≥ 2 defined over C. The dynamical Mordell–Lang conjecture says that the intersection of an orbit Oφ(P ) and a subvariety X ⊂ P is usually finite. We consider the number of linear subvarieties L ⊂ P such that the intersection Oφ(P ) ∩ L is “larger than expected.” When φ is the d-power map and the coordinates of P are multiplicatively independent, we prove ...

We develop a general method for bounding Mordell-Weil ranks of Jacobians of arbitrary curves of the form y = f(x). As an example, we compute the Mordell-Weil ranks over Q and Q( √ −3) for a non-hyperelliptic curve of genus 8.

We prove that the Mordell-Tornheim zeta value of depth r can be expressed as a rational linear combination of products of the Mordell-Tornheim zeta values of lower depth than r when r and its weight are of different parity.

In [12] and [13], Silverman discusses the problem of bounding the Mordell-Weil ranks of elliptic curves over towers of function fields. We first prove generalizations of the theorems of those two papers by a different method, allowing non-abelian Galois groups and removing the dependence on Tate’s conjectures. We then prove some theorems about the growth of Mordell-Weil ranks in towers of funct...