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Let \(f: X\rightarrow S\) be a map from a smooth projective surface to a smooth projective curve over a field \(k\) of characteristic \(0\), and suppose that the fibers of \(f\) are geometrically connected curves and that the generic fiber of \(f\) is smooth of genus at least \(2\). Let \(\omega\) be the relative dualizing sheaf for \(f\). Every map \(P: T\rightarrow X\) from a smooth projective curve to \(X\) can be viewed as an algebraic point of the generic fiber of \(f\); the canonical height of such a point \(P\) is \(h(P) = (\text{deg } P^*\omega)/\text{deg }(f\circ P)\), and the relative disciminant of \(P\) is \(d(P) = (2g_T-2)/\text{deg }(f\circ P)\), where \(g_T\) is the genus of \(T\). \textit{A. Moriwaki} [J. Algebr. Geom. 3, No. 2, 249-263 (1994; Zbl 0814.14025)] showed that if the restriction of \(\Omega^1_X\) to the generic fiber of \(f\) is a stable vector bundle, then \[ h(P) \leq 4 d(P) + 4 c_2 - c_1^2 - 4(g_S-1), \] where \(c_1\) and \(c_2\) are the first and second Chern classes of \(X\), respectively, and where \(g_S\) is the genus of \(S\). The author of the present short note shows that the hypothesis of Moriwaki's statement is true whenever the Kodaira-Spencer map for \(f\) is an isomorphism.











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