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We computed all $ 19608$ abelian varieties $ A=A_f$ attached to newforms of level $ N\leq 2333$. Suppose that $ A$ is one of the $ 10360$ of these for which $ L(A,1)\neq 0$, so Conjecture 2.2 asserts that $ {\mbox{{\fontencoding{OT2}\fontfamily{wncyr}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}\selectfont Sh}}}(A)$ has order

$\displaystyle \char93 {\mbox{{\fontencoding{OT2}\fontfamily{wncyr}\fontseries{m...
...\char93 A(\mathbf{Q})\cdot \char93 A^{\vee}(\mathbf{Q})}{\prod_{p\mid N} c_p}.
$

For any rational number $ x$, let $ x^{\op}$ be the odd part of $ x$. Define integers $ S_l$ and $ S_u$ such that that

$\displaystyle S_l\mid \numer(\char93 {\mbox{{\fontencoding{OT2}\fontfamily{wncyr}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}\selectfont Sh}}}_?^{\oddpart}) \mid S_u
$

as follows:
$ \mathbf{S}_u$
The upper bound $ S_u$ is the odd part of the numerator of

$\displaystyle \frac{L(A,1)}{\tilde{\Omega}_A} \cdot \frac{T^2}{\prod_{p\mid\mid N} c_p},
$

where $ T$ is the upper bound on $ \char93 A(\mathbf{Q})$ and $ \char93 A^{\vee}(\mathbf{Q})$ computed using Section 3.5 using $ a_p$ for $ p\leq 17$. Since the Manin constant and the Tamagawa numbers are integers, $ S_u$ is an upper bound on the odd part of $ \char93 {\mbox{{\fontencoding{OT2}\fontfamily{wncyr}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}\selectfont Sh}}}_?$.

$ \mathbf{S}_l$
The lower bound $ S_l$ is defined as follows: Let $ S_{l,1}$ be the odd part of the rational number

$\displaystyle \frac{L(A,1)}{\tilde{\Omega}_A} \cdot \frac{\char93 C\cdot D}{\prod_{p\mid\mid N} c_p},
$

where $ C\subset A(\mathbf{Q})_{\tor}$ and $ D$ is the part of $ C$ coprime to the modular degree of $ A$. Usually $ C$ is generated by the image of $ (0)-(\infty)$, though we should have let $ C$ be the subgroup generated by all rational cusps, but didn't realize this until it was too late. When $ A$ is an elliptic curve, $ C=A(\mathbf{Q})_{\tor}$.

If $ N$ is square free, we let $ S_l=S_{l,1}$ and are done. Otherwise, let $ S_{l,2}$ be the largest part of $ S_{l,1}$ coprime to all primes whose square divides $ N$. This takes care of the Manin constant, which only involves primes whose square divides $ N$. To take care of Tamagawa numbers, remove all primes $ p\leq 2\dim(A)+1$ from $ S_{l,2}$ to obtain $ S_l$.

Remark 5.1   When $ N$ is square free we have

$\displaystyle S_l\mid \char93 {\mbox{{\fontencoding{OT2}\fontfamily{wncyr}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}\selectfont Sh}}}_?^{\oddpart} \mid S_u
$

since $ c_A$ is a power of $ 2$ and no Tamagawa numbers have been omitted from the formulas for $ S_l$ and $ S_u$. For every $ N\leq 2333$ we found that $ S_l$ is an integer, so when $ N\leq 2333$ is squarefree, $ \char93 {\mbox{{\fontencoding{OT2}\fontfamily{wncyr}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}\selectfont Sh}}}_?^{\oddpart}$ is an integer. Since Conjecture 2.2 asserts that $ \char93 {\mbox{{\fontencoding{OT2}\fontfamily{wncyr}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}\selectfont Sh}}}_?$ is the order of a group, hence an integer, our data gives evidence for Conjecture 2.2.

Tables 1-4 list every $ A$ of level $ N\leq 2333$ such that $ S_l>1$. The $ A$ column contains the label of $ A$ (see Section 3.2), and the next column (labeled dim) contains $ \dim A$. A star next to the label for $ A$ indicates that we have proved that the odd part of $ \char93 {\mbox{{\fontencoding{OT2}\fontfamily{wncyr}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}\selectfont Sh}}}(A)$ is at least as large as conjectured by the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture. This is the case for $ 33$ of the $ 168$ examples. The columns labeled $ S_l$ contains the number $ S_l$ defined above. If $ S_l=S_u$ then the column labeled $ S_u$ contains a dot, and otherwise, it contains $ S_u$ (there are only $ 13$ cases in which $ S_u\neq S_l$). The column labeled $ \moddeg(A)^*$ contains the odd part $ m$ of the modular degree of $ A$, written as a product $ \gcd(m,S_u)\cdot$    $ m/\gcd(S_u,m)$, where $ m/\gcd(S_u,m)$ is shrunk to save space. The only non-square-free levels of $ A_f$ for which $ S_l>1$ are $ 1058$, $ 1664$, $ 2224$, and $ 2264$.

The column labeled $ B$ contains all $ B$ such that $ L(B,1)=0$ and $ \gcd(S_l,\char93 (A^{\vee}\cap \tilde{B}^{\vee}))>1$, where $ \tilde{B}^{\vee}$ is the abelian subvariety of $ J_0(N)$ generated by all images under the degeneracy maps of  $ B^{\vee}=A_g^{\vee}$, where $ g$ is a newform of level dividing $ N$. Thus, e.g., when $ B^{\vee}$ is of level $ N$, $ \tilde{B}^{\vee}=B^{\vee}$. The next column, labeled $ \dim$, contains the dimension of $ B$.

The final two columns contain information about the relationship between $ A$ and $ B$. The one labeled $ A^{\vee}\cap \tilde{B}^{\vee}$ contains the abelian group structure of the indicated abelian group, where e.g., $ [a^bc^d]$ means the abelian group $ (\mathbf{Z}/a\mathbf{Z})^b\times (\mathbf{Z}/c\mathbf{Z})^d$. The column labeled $ \Vis$ contains a divisor of the order of $ \Vis_{C}({\mbox{{\fontencoding{OT2}\fontfamily{wncyr}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}\selectfont Sh}}}(A^{\vee}))$, where $ C=A^{\vee} + \tilde{B}^{\vee}$ (note that $ \Vis_{C}({\mbox{{\fontencoding{OT2}\fontfamily{wncyr}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{...
...g{OT2}\fontfamily{wncyr}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}\selectfont Sh}}}(A^{\vee}))$).

The table is divided into three vertical regions, with the columns in the first region about $ A$ only, the columns of the second region about about $ B$ only, and the third column about the relationship between $ A$ and $ B$.



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William A Stein 2002-02-02