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- points if and only if there exists a degree- - or -parametrized point. We show that a -isolated -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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