Bounds for rational points on algebraic curves, optimal in the degree, and dimension growth

arXiv2302.04209MaRDI QIDQ6425866FDOQ6425866

Authors: Gal Binyamini, Raf Cluckers, Dmitry Novikov 

Publication date: 8 February 2023

Abstract: We prove that the number of rational points of height at most $H$ lying on an irreducible algebraic curve of degree $d$ is bounded by $c{d}^2{H}^{2/d}(logH{)}^{k}appa$ where $c,kappa$ are universal constants. This bound is optimal except for the constants $c$ and $kappa$; the new aspect of the bound is the factor $d^2$. This result provides a positive answer to a question raized by Salberger, and allows to reprove and sharpen his result on uniform dimension growth in a short way. The main novelty in our proof is the application of a century-old theorem of P'olya to save one extra power of $d$; this is applied instead of B'ezout after obtaining efficient forms of smooth parametrizations for curves of degree $d$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Varieties over global fields (11G35) Rational points (14G05) Oscillation theory, zeros, disconjugacy and comparison theory for ordinary differential equations (34C10) Counting solutions of Diophantine equations (11D45)

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