Analogues of Lehmer's conjecture in positive characteristic
Number Theory
2016-09-07 v6 Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
Let be a smooth projective irreducible curve defined over a finite field and . Let be the ring of functions regular outside a fixed place of . Let be a Drinfeld -module of rank defined over a finite extension of and its canonical height. Given a non-torsion point of of degree over , we prove that . A similar statement is proved for the canonical height of a point of infinite order of a non-constant semi-stable elliptic curve defined over , with the absolute constant 1 replaced by a constant depending on the elliptic curve.
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@article{arxiv.math/0011102,
title = {Analogues of Lehmer's conjecture in positive characteristic},
author = {Amilcar Pacheco},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0011102},
year = {2016}
}
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revised version