Revisiting Manin's theorem of the kernel (Q2664033)

The author uses Manin's map defined after the Gauss-Legendre elliptic scheme \((E):\eta ^2=\xi (\xi -1)(\xi -t)\) over the complex curve \(\mathbb{P}_1\setminus \{0,1,\infty \}\) to establish a finiteness result linking rational sections of \((E)\) and solutions of Painlevé VI equations. The paper discusses also cohomological and differential algebraic Manin maps, considers abelian schemes over curves, and presents a survey of the various statements encompassed by Manin's theorem of the kernel.