One- and two-level densities for rational families of elliptic curves: Evidence for the underlying group symmetries

Compositio Mathematica

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 952-992

  Miller, Steven J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birch and Swinnerton Dyer conjecture; Elliptic curve L functions; Low lying zeros; N level density

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244399467     PISSN: 0010437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1112/S0010437X04000582     Document Type: Article

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