Multiplicities in Selmer groups and root numbers for Artin twists

Abstract

Let $K/F$ be a finite Galois extension of number fields and $\sigma$ be an absolutely irreducible, self-dual representation of $\mathrm{Gal}(K/F)$. Let $p$ be an odd prime and consider two elliptic curves $E_1,E_2$ with good, ordinary reduction at primes above $p$ and equivalent mod-$p$ Galois representations. In this article, we study the variation of the parity of the multiplicities of $\sigma$ in the representation space associated to the $p^{\infty }$-Selmer group of $E_i$ over $K$. We also compare the root numbers for the twist of $E_i/F$ by $\sigma$ and show that the $p$-parity conjecture holds for the twist of $E_1/F$ by $\sigma$ if and only if it holds for the twist of $E_2/F$ by $\sigma$. We also express Mazur-Rubin-Nekovář's arithmetic local constants in terms of certain local Iwasawa invariants.

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