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A Lehmer-Type Lower Bound for the Canonical Height on Elliptic Curves Over Function Fields

Number Theory 2024-04-19 v3

Abstract

Let F\mathbb{F} be the function field of a curve over an algebraically closed field with char(F)2,3\operatorname{char}(\mathbb{F})\ne2,3, and let E/FE/\mathbb{F} be an elliptic curve. Then for all finite extensions K/F\mathbb{K}/\mathbb{F} and all non-torsion points PE(K)P\in{E(\mathbb{K})}, the F\mathbb{F}-normalized canonical height of PP is bounded below by h^E(P)110500hF(jE)2[K:F]2. \hat{h}_E(P) \ge \frac{1}{10500\cdot h_{\mathbb{F}}(j_E)^{2}\cdot [\mathbb{K}:\mathbb{F}]^{2}}.

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@article{arxiv.2402.14771,
  title  = {A Lehmer-Type Lower Bound for the Canonical Height on Elliptic Curves Over Function Fields},
  author = {Joseph H. Silverman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.14771},
  year   = {2024}
}

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