Torsion in rank 1 Drinfeld modules and the uniform boundedness conjecture (Q1364370)

It is conjectured that for fixed \(A\), \(r\geq 1\), and \(d\geq 1\), there is a uniform bound on the size of the torsion submodule of a Drinfeld \(A\)-module of rank \(r\) over a degree \(d\) extension \(L\) of the fraction field \(K\) of \(A\). The author verifies the conjecture for \(r=1\), and more generally for Drinfeld modules having potential good reduction at some prime above a specified prime of \(K\). Moreover, he shows that within an \(\overline L\)-isomorphism class, there are only finitely many Drinfeld modules up to isomorphism over \(L\) which have nonzero torsion. For the case \(A= \mathbb{F}_q[T]\), \(r=1\), and \(L= \mathbb{F}_q(T)\), he gives an explicit description of the possible torsion submodules. He presents three methods for proving these cases of the conjecture, and explains why they fail to prove the conjecture in general. Finally, an application of the Mordell conjecture for characteristic \(p\) function fields proves the uniform boundedness for the \({\mathfrak p}\)-primary part of the torsion for rank 2 Drinfeld \(\mathbb{F}_q [T]\)-modules over a fixed function field.