Derived $p$-adic heights and the leading coefficient of the Bertolini--Darmon--Prasanna $p$-adic $L$-function

Abstract

Let $E/\mathbf{Q}$ be an elliptic curve and let $p$ be an odd prime of good reduction for $E$. Let $K$ be an imaginary quadratic field satisfying the classical Heegner hypothesis and in which $p$ splits. In a previous work, Agboola--Castella formulated an analogue of the Birch--Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture for the $p$-adic $L$-function $L_{\mathfrak{p}}^{\rm BDP}$ of Bertolini--Darmon--Prasanna attached to $E/K$, assuming the prime $p$ to be ordinary for $E$. The goal of this paper is two-fold: (1) We formulate a $p$-adic BSD conjecture for $L_{\mathfrak{p}}^{\rm BDP}$ for all odd primes $p$ of good reduction. (2) For an algebraic analogue $F_{\overline{\mathfrak{p}}}^{\rm BDP}$ of $L_{\mathfrak{p}}^{\rm BDP}$, we show that the ``leading coefficient'' part of our conjecture holds, and that the ``order of vanishing'' part follows from the expected ``maximal non-degeneracy'' of an anticyclotomic $p$-adic height. In particular, when the Iwasawa--Greenberg Main Conjecture $(F_{\overline{\mathfrak{p}}}^{\rm BDP})=(L_{\mathfrak{p}}^{\rm BDP})$ is known, our results determine the leading coefficient of $L_{\mathfrak{p}}^{\rm BDP}$ at $T=0$ up to a $p$-adic unit. Moreover, by adapting the approach of Burungale--Castella--Kim in the $p$-ordinary case, we prove the main conjecture for supersingular primes $p$ under mild hypotheses.Comment: 34 page