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On the Northcott property and other properties related to polynomial mappings

Number Theory 2011-11-23 v1

Abstract

We prove that if K/QK/\mathbb{Q} is a Galois extension of finite exponent and K(d)K^{(d)} is the compositum of all extensions of KK of degree at most dd, then K(d)K^{(d)} has the Bogomolov property and the maximal abelian subextension of K(d)/QK^{(d)}/\mathbb{Q} has the Northcott property. Moreover, we prove that given any sequence of finite solvable groups {Gm}m\{G_m\}_m there exists a sequence of Galois extensions {Km}m\{K_m\}_m with Gal(Km/Q)=Gm\text{Gal}(K_m/\mathbb{Q})=G_m such that the compositum of the fields KmK_m has the Northcott property. In particular we provide examples of fields with the Northcott property with uniformly bounded local degrees but not contained in Q(d)\mathbb{Q}^{(d)}. We also discuss some problems related to properties introduced by Liardet and Narkiewicz to study polynomial mappings. Using results on the Northcott property and a result by Dvornicich and Zannier we easily deduce answers to some open problems proposed by Narkiewicz.

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@article{arxiv.1111.5060,
  title  = {On the Northcott property and other properties related to polynomial mappings},
  author = {Sara Checcoli and Martin Widmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.5060},
  year   = {2011}
}

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14 pages