Uniform bounds for the number of rational points on curves of small Mordell-Weil rank

DOI10.1215/00127094-3673558zbMATH Open1428.11121arXiv1504.00694OpenAlexW3105407227MaRDI QIDQ727675FDOQ727675

Joseph Rabinoff, David Zureick-Brown, Eric Katz

Publication date: 20 December 2016

Published in: Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $X$ be a curve of genus $ggeq2$ over a number field $F$ of degree $d=[F:Q]$. The conjectural existence of a uniform bound $N(g,d)$ on the number $$ of $F$-rational points of $X$ is an outstanding open problem in arithmetic geometry, known by [CHM97] to follow from the Bombieri--Lang conjecture. A related conjecture posits the existence of a uniform bound $N_{mtors,dagger}(g,d)$ on the number of geometric torsion points of the Jacobian $J$ of $X$ which lie on the image of $X$ under an Abel--Jacobi map. For fixed $X$ this quantity was conjectured to be finite by Manin--Mumford, and was proved to be so by Raynaud [Ray83]. We give an explicit uniform bound on $$ when $X$ has Mordell--Weil rank $rleqg-3$. This generalizes recent work of Stoll on uniform bounds on hyperelliptic curves of small rank to arbitrary curves. Using the same techniques, we give an explicit, unconditional uniform bound on the number of $F$-rational torsion points of $J$ lying on the image of $X$ under an Abel--Jacobi map. We also give an explicit uniform bound on the number of geometric torsion points of $J$ lying on $X$ when the reduction type of $X$ is highly degenerate. Our methods combine Chabauty--Coleman's $p$-adic integration, non-Archimedean potential theory on Berkovich curves, and the theory of linear systems and divisors on metric graphs.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.00694

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zbMATH Keywords

rational pointstropical geometryJacobianManin-Mumfordnon-ArchimedeanChabauty\(p\)-adic integration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

[https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/w/index.php?search=%2211G30%22&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&ns120=1 Curves of arbitrary genus or genus ( e 1) over global fields (11G30)] Rational points (14G05) Arithmetic ground fields for curves (14H25) Arithmetic aspects of tropical varieties (14T25)

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