Division points on semi-abelian varieties (Q1842725): Difference between revisions

Let \(A\) be a semi-Abelian variety, defined over \(\mathbb{C}\), and let \(\Gamma \subset A (\mathbb{C})\) be any finitely generated group. The torsion hull \(\overline \Gamma\) is defined by \(\overline \Gamma = \{x \in A (\mathbb{C}) \mid nx \in \Gamma\), some \(n \in\mathbb{N}\}\). On the basis of conjectures of Mordell and Manin-Mumford, \textit{S. Lang} made the following conjecture: Let \(X \subset A\) be any closed integral subvariety such that \(X \cup \overline \Gamma\) is Zariski dense in \(X\). Then \(X\) is the translate of a semi-Abelian variety by a point of \(\overline \Gamma\). -- A weaker case of the conjecture is that if \(X \subset A\) is any closed subvariety, which does not contain any non null translated semi-Abelian varieties, then \(X \cap \overline \Gamma\) is finite. As the author points out, those conjectures may be thought of as in two parts: the `Mordellic part', where \(\overline \Gamma\) is replaced by \(\Gamma\); the `torsion part', when \(\Gamma = 0\) and \(\overline \Gamma\) is the torsion subgroup of \(A (\mathbb{C})\). \textit{P. Vojta} [``Integral points on subvarieties of semi-abelian varieties'', Invent. Math. (to appear)] generalized the work of \textit{G. Faltings} [Ann. Math., II. Ser. 133, No. 3, 549-576 (1991; Zbl 0734.14007)] to prove the Mordellic part of the principal conjecture. The author uses the work of Vojta and \textit{M. Hindry} [Invent. Math. 94, No. 3, 575-603 (1988; Zbl 0638.14026)] to prove the main conjecture.