On the vanishing of twisted L-functions of elliptic curves
Speaker:
Chantal David, Concordia University
Date and Time:
Friday, May 9, 2003 - 9:30am to 10:30am
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
Let $E$ be an elliptic curve over the rationals with L-function $L_E(s)$. For any character $\chi$, let $L_E(s, \chi)$ be the twisted L-function. We show in this talk how Random Matrix Theory can be used to predict vanishing of L_E(s, \chi) in the family of cubic twists.
(joint work with J. Fearnley and H. Kisilevsky)
