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A note on the Manin-Mumford conjecture

Number Theory 2007-05-23 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

In the article [PR1] {\it On Hrushovski's proof of the Manin-Mumford conjecture} (Proceedings of the ICM 2002), R. Pink and the author gave a short proof of the Manin-Mumford conjecture, which was inspired by an earlier model-theoretic proof by Hrushovski. The proof given in [PR1] uses a difficult unpublished ramification-theoretic result of Serre. It is the purpose of this note to show how the proof given in [PR1] can be modified so as to circumvent the reference to Serre's result. J. Oesterl\'e and R. Pink contributed several simplifications and shortcuts to this note.

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@article{arxiv.math/0409083,
  title  = {A note on the Manin-Mumford conjecture},
  author = {Damian Roessler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0409083},
  year   = {2007}
}

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11 pages