Vojta's conjecture on rational surfaces and the abc conjecture

DOI10.1515/FORUM-2017-0089MaRDI QIDQ1748355zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Yu Yasufuku

Publication date 9 May 2018

Published in Forum Mathematicum (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.03825

zbMATH Keywords

\(abc\) conjectureFarey sequencesGriffiths' conjecturerational surfacessubspace theoremVojta's conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Farey sequences; the sequences (1^k, 2^k, dots) (11B57) Schmidt Subspace Theorem and applications (11J87) Number-theoretic analogues of methods in Nevanlinna theory (work of Vojta et al.) (11J97) Global ground fields in algebraic geometry (14G25) Arithmetic varieties and schemes; Arakelov theory; heights (14G40) Rational and ruled surfaces (14J26) Value distribution theory in higher dimensions (32H30)

Abstract: We show that Vojta's conjecture for some rational surfaces is related to the $abc$ conjecture. More specifically, we prove that Vojta's conjecture on these surfaces implies a special case of the $abc$ conjecture, while the $abc$ conjecture implies Vojta's conjecture on these surfaces. Moreover, for similar but different rational surfaces, we prove Vojta's conjecture unconditionally. To prove these results, we use some (possibly new) properties of Farey sequences.

Review text

In the first of the three main theorems in the paper under review, the author considers three lines \(L_1 , L_2 , L_3\) of \({\mathbb{P}}^2\) defined over \(\overline{\mathbb{Q}}\) in general position. Let \(X_1\) be the blowup of \({\mathbb{P}}^2\) at a point defined over \(\overline{\mathbb{Q}}\) in \(L_1 \setminus (L_2 \cup L_3)\), with \(E_1\) as the exceptional divisor. For \(n \ge 2\), construct \(X_n\) inductively by blowing up \(X_{n-1}\) at (the unique) point of \(E_{n-1} \cap \widetilde{L}_1\), obtaining the exceptional divisor \(E_n\). Then Vojta's conjecture holds for \(X_n\) with respect to the divisor \[ \widetilde{L}_1 +\widetilde{L}_2 +\widetilde{L}_3 +\widetilde{E}_1 +\cdots+\widetilde{E}_{n-1} +E_n. \] The author remarks that the special case of \(X_1\) had been treated in his earlier work [Monatsh. Math. 163, No. 2, 237--247 (2011; Zbl 1282.11086)]. The proof of this first result is based on Ridout's Theorem. For his second main result, the author considers the case of multiple blowups, where he starts from the same \(X_1\), but blows up at a point not in \( \widetilde{L}_1\) at least once. He shows that Vojta's Conjecture for this situation implies a special case of the \(abc\) conjecture. In the third theorem, he discusses the implication in the other direction. One key ingredient in his proof is a new auxiliary lemma on Farey series organized in the Stern-Brocot tree. The author points out that his arguments for proving the first and third results carry over to Nevanlinna theory; this enables him to obtain new cases of Griffiths's conjecture.

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