A Geometric Proof of Mordell's Conjecture for Function Fields

arXivmath/0701407MaRDI QIDQ6478622FDOQ6478622

Authors: Kezheng Li 

Publication date: 15 January 2007

Abstract: Let $CalC,Cal{C}^{\prime }$ be curves over a base scheme $S$ with $g(CalC)ge2$. Then the functor $$generically smooth $T$-morphisms $$ from $((S$-schemes)) to ((sets)) is represented by a quasi-finite unramified $S$-scheme. From this one can deduce that for any two integers $gge2$ and $g^{\prime }$, there is an integer $M(g,g^{\prime })$ such that for any two curves $C,C^{\prime }$ over any field $k$ with $g(C)=g$, $g(C^{\prime })=g^{\prime }$, there are at most $M(g,g^{\prime })$ separable $k$-morphisms $C^{\prime }oC$. It is conjectured that the arithmetic function $M(g,g^{\prime })$ is bounded by a linear function of $g^{\prime }$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Families, moduli of curves (algebraic) (14H10) Algebraic functions and function fields in algebraic geometry (14H05) Other nonalgebraically closed ground fields in algebraic geometry (14G27)

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