Componentwise height bounds for polynomial value-set lifting
Abstract
Let be nonconstant polynomials over a number field . We count -integer inputs for which has a -rational preimage under , after removing the polynomial graph components with . The main theorem gives componentwise height bounds. For a rational component of with one geometric point at infinity and projection degree to the -line, the corresponding contribution has the sharp power-log order , where , precisely when its -parametrization is -active. Rational components with two geometric points at infinity contribute only polylogarithmically, and all other components contribute finitely many inputs. Over , square-root growth after graph removal occurs exactly from active rational components with one geometric point at infinity and . We give an explicit thin exceptional set for the generic multiplicity theorem and prove that every square-root source forces to have an involutive affine symmetry.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2605.12903,
title = {Componentwise height bounds for polynomial value-set lifting},
author = {Henry Shin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.12903},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
27 pages; comments welcome