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Indecomposable translates and degree-$d$ points

Number Theory 2026-07-16 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

A curve over a number field has infinitely many degree-dd points if and only if there exists a degree-dd P1\mathbb{P}^1- or AVAV-parametrized point. We show that a P1\mathbb{P}^1-isolated AVAV-parametrized point arises only from an abelian translate satisfying a certain property, which we term ``indecomposable". We apply our results to a family of genus-7 curves for which we can show that every effective abelian translate in degree 5 is decomposable over the algebraic closure, giving a negative answer to a question of Viray and Vogt.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.15451,
  title  = {Indecomposable translates and degree-$d$ points},
  author = {Alexander Galarraga},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.15451},
  year   = {2026}
}

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