Quasi-equivalence of heights and Runge's theorem

Abstract: Let

P

be a polynomial that depends on two variables

X

and

Y

and has algebraic coefficients. If

x

and

y

are algebraic numbers with

P (x, y) = 0

, then by work of N'eron

h (x) / q

is asymptotically equal to

h (y) / p

where

p

and

q

are the partial degrees of

P

in

X

and

Y

, respectively. In this paper we compute a completely explicit bound for

| h (x) / q - h (y) / p |

in terms of

P

which grows asymptotically as

m a x {h (x), h (y)}^{1 / 2}

. We apply this bound to obtain a simple version of Runge's Theorem on the integral solutions of certain polynomial equations.

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