English

Heights of points with bounded ramification

Number Theory 2023-05-09 v3

Abstract

Let EE be an elliptic curve defined over a number field KK with fixed non-archimedean absolute value vv of split-multiplicative reduction, and let ff be an associated Latt\`es map. Baker proved in 2003 that the N\'eron-Tate height on EE is either zero or bounded from below by a positive constant, for all points of bounded ramification over vv. In this paper we make this bound effective and prove an analogue result for the canonical height associated to ff. We also study variations of this result by changing the reduction type of EE at vv. This will lead to examples of fields FF such that the N\'eron-Tate height on non-torsion points in E(F)E(F) is bounded from below by a positive constant and the height associated to ff gets arbitrarily small on FF. The same example shows, that the existence of such a lower bound for the N\'eron-Tate height is in general not preserved under finite field extensions.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1201.3327,
  title  = {Heights of points with bounded ramification},
  author = {Lukas Pottmeyer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.3327},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

There was an error in the proof of the former Lemma 5.8. This false lemma and the former Theorem 5.9 have been deleted in this version

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