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    Visibility and the Birch and Swinnerton-dyer conjecture for analytic rank one

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    Let E be an optimal elliptic curve over Q of conductor N having analytic rank one, i.e. such that the L-function LE (s) of E vanishes to order one at s = 1. Let K be a quadratic imaginary field in which all the primes dividing N split and such that the L-function of E over K vanishes to order one at s = 1. Suppose there is another optimal elliptic curve over Q of the same conductor N whose Mordell–Weil rank is greater than one and whose associated newform is congruent to the newform associated to E modulo an integer r. The theory of visibility then shows that under certain additional hypotheses, r divides the product of the order of the Shafarevich–Tate group of E over K and the orders of the arithmetic component groups of E. We extract an explicit integer factor from the Birch and Swinnerton–Dyer conjectural formula for the product mentioned above, and under some hypotheses similar to the ones made in the situation above, we show that r divides this integer factor. This provides theoretical evidence for the second part of the Birch and Swinnerton–Dyer conjecture in the analytic rank one case.

    Rational torsion in elliptic curves and the cuspidal subgroup

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    SQUARENESS IN THE SPECIAL L-VALUE AND SPECIAL L-VALUES OF TWISTS

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    Let N be a prime and let A be a quotient of J0(N) over Q associated to a newform such that the special L-value of A (at s = 1) is non-zero. Suppose that the algebraic part of the special L-value of A is divisible by an odd prime q such that q does not divide the numerator of [Formula: see text]. Then the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture predicts that the q-adic valuations of the algebraic part of the special L-value of A and of the order of the Shafarevich–Tate group are both positive even numbers. Under a certain mod q non-vanishing hypothesis on special L-values of twists of A, we show that the q-adic valuations of the algebraic part of the special L-value of A and of the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjectural order of the Shafarevich–Tate group of A are both positive even numbers. We also give a formula for the algebraic part of the special L-value of A over quadratic imaginary fields K in terms of the free abelian group on isomorphism classes of supersingular elliptic curves in characteristic N (equivalently, over conjugacy classes of maximal orders in the definite quaternion algebra over Q ramified at N and ∞) which shows that this algebraic part is a perfect square up to powers of the prime two and of primes dividing the discriminant of K. Finally, for an optimal elliptic curve of arbitrary conductor E, we give a formula for the special L-value of the twist E-Dof E by a negative fundamental discriminant -D, which shows that this special L-value is an integer up to a power of 2, under some hypotheses. In view of the second part of the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, this leads us to the surprising conjecture that the square of the order of the torsion subgroup of E-Ddivides the product of the order of the Shafarevich–Tate group of E-Dand the orders of the arithmetic component groups of E-D, under certain mild hypotheses.</jats:p

    On the Notion of Visibility of Torsors

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    AbstractLet J be an abelian variety and A be an abelian subvariety of J , both defined over Q. Let x be an element of H 1(Q; A ). Then there are at least two definitions of x being visible in J : one asks that the torsor corresponding to x be isomorphic over Q to a subvariety of J , and the other asks that x be in the kernel of the natural map H1 (Q;A ) → H 1(Q; J ). In this article, we clarify the relation between the two definitions. </jats:p

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed

    Variations on the Author

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    “Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship

    Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis

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    We provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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