Greatest common divisors of analytic functions and Nevanlinna theory on algebraic tori (Q2209450)

In the article under review, the authors expand upon the techniques of \textit{A. Levin} [Invent. Math. 215, No. 2, 493--533 (2019; Zbl 1437.11094)] and establish upper bounds for the counting function of common zeros of two meromorphic functions. In doing so, they establish a greatest common divisor conjecture, for multiplicatively independent meromorphic functions, from \textit{H. Pasten} and \textit{J. T. Y. Wang} [Int. Math. Res. Not. 2017, No. 1, 47--95 (2017; Zbl 1405.30024)]. Further, the authors solve an analogue, for entire functions, of the ``Hadamard quotient theorem'' for recurrence sequences. This result complements the related work of \textit{N. Grieve} and \textit{J. T. Y. Wang} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 373, No. 11, 8095--8126 (2020; Zbl 1464.11075)]. The main result, of the present article, pertains to the counting function of \(Y\) a closed subscheme of the algebraic torus \((\mathbb{C}^\times)^n\), with codimension at least equal to two. In more precise terms, the authors prove that if \[\mathbf{g} \colon \mathbb{C} \rightarrow (\mathbb{C}^\times)^n\] is a holomorphic map with Zariski dense image, then \[ N_{\mathbf{g}}(Y,r) \leq_{\mathrm{exc}} \epsilon T_{\mathbf{g}}(r) \text{,} \] for each given \(\epsilon > 0\). Here, \(N_{\mathbf{g}}(Y,r)\) and \(T_{\mathbf{g}}(r)\) are, respectively, the Nevanlinna counting and characteristic functions. In addition to being one aspect to the proofs of the above mentioned applications, this result gives a new proof, for the special case of algebraic tori, of the main theorem of \textit{J. Noguchi} et al. [Forum Math. 20, No. 3, 469--503 (2008; Zbl 1145.32009)].