Structure of (Fine) Mordell--Weil Groups

Abstract

In this article we study the algebraic structure of fine Mordell--Weil groups, plus/minus Mordell--Weil groups, Selmer groups, and plus/minus Selmer groups in the cyclotomic ${\mathbb{Z}}_p$-extensions of abelian number fields. As a first, we prove theorems on the equivariant structure of fine Mordell--Weil groups and plus/minus Mordell--Weil groups. In other words, we study the explicit shape of the fine, plus/minus objects as a $\hat{I}›(\mathcal{G})$-module with $\mathcal{G}\simeq {\mathbb{Z}}_p\times G$ and $G$ a finite abelian group. We prove refinements of previously known results over $\mathbb{Q}$ for the classical Selmer group and the plus/minus Selmer group, and subsequently also the Shafarevich--Tate group, and the plus/minus Shafarevich--Tate group. This gives new evidence towards an affirmative answer for the Kurihara--Pollack problem.

To appear in The Ramanujan Journal