A Geometric Proof of Mordell's Conjecture for Function Fields

MaRDI QIDQ6478622zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Kezheng Li

Publication date 15 January 2007

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)

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 $g^{\prime }$.

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