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The average number of integral points on elliptic curves is bounded

Published 2 Dec 2014 in math.NT and math.AG | (1412.1047v3)

Abstract: We prove that, when elliptic curves $E/\mathbb{Q}$ are ordered by height, the average number of integral points $#|E(\mathbb{Z})|$ is bounded, and in fact is less than $66$ (and at most $\frac{8}{9}$ on the minimalist conjecture). By "$E(\mathbb{Z})$" we mean the integral points on the corresponding quasiminimal Weierstrass model $E_{A,B}: y2 = x3 + Ax + B$ with which one computes the na\"{\i}ve height. The methods combine ideas from work of Silverman, Helfgott, and Helfgott-Venkatesh with work of Bhargava-Shankar and a careful analysis of local heights for "most" elliptic curves. The same methods work to bound integral points on average over the families $y2 = x3 + B$, $y2 = x3 + Ax$, and $y2 = x3 - D2 x$.

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