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Improved bounds for integral points on modular curves using Runge's method

Number Theory 2024-03-25 v1

Abstract

Consider a modular curve XGX_G defined over a number field KK, where GG is a subgroup of GL2(Z/NZ)GL_2(\mathbb{Z}/N\mathbb{Z}) with N>2N>2. The curve XGX_G comes with a morphism j:XGPK1=AK1{}j: X_G\to \mathbb{P}^1_K=\mathbb{A}^1_K \cup\{\infty\} to the jj-line. For a finite set of places SS of KK that satisfies a certain condition, Runge's method shows that there are only finitely many points PXG(K)P \in X_G(K) for which j(P)j(P) lies in the ring OK,S\mathfrak{O}_{K,S} of SS-units of KK. We prove an explicit version which shows that if j(P)OK,Sj(P)\in \mathfrak{O}_{K,S} for some PXG(K)P\in X_G(K), then the absolute logarithmic height of j(P)j(P) is bounded above by N12logNN^{12} \log N. Explicits upper bounds have already been obtained by Bilu and Parent though they are not polynomial in NN. The modular functions needed to apply Runge's method are constructing using Eisenstein series of weight 11.

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@article{arxiv.2403.14904,
  title  = {Improved bounds for integral points on modular curves using Runge's method},
  author = {David Zywina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.14904},
  year   = {2024}
}
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