Ramified torsion points on curves (Q580458)

The author uses his theory of p-adic integration to prove results about torsion-packets on algebraic curves, i.e. about points, P, Q, in a curve C such that some multiple of the divisor P-Q is principal. The integration theory implies that for any regular differential \(\omega\) the integral of \(\omega\) between P and Q vanishes. If in this integral we vary one of the endpoints we obtain an analytic function on C, and most of the paper deals with properties of this function, especially its zeroes. The final result implies the Manin-Mumford conjecture (which was proved by M. Raynaud).