On the abc conjecture and diophantine approximation by rational points

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DOI10.1353/AJM.2000.0031zbMATH Open1037.11052arXivmath/9908024OpenAlexW1980495042WikidataQ122946617 ScholiaQ122946617MaRDI QIDQ4504249FDOQ4504249


Authors: Paul Vojta Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 11 January 2001

Published in: American Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that an earlier conjecture of the author, on diophantine approximation of rational points on varieties, implies the ``abc conjecture of Masser and Oesterl'e. In fact, a weak form of the former conjecture is sufficient, involving an extra hypothesis that the variety and divisor admit a faithful group action of a certain type. Analogues of this weaker conjecture are proved in the split function field case of characteristic zero, and in the case of holomorphic curves (Nevanlinna theory). The proof of the latter involves a geometric generalization of the classical lemma on the logarithmic derivative, due to McQuillan. This lemma may be of independent interest.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9908024




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