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$p$-adic approaches to unlikely intersections

Number Theory 2025-08-05 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

In this article we explain the Buium--Coleman approach to the Manin--Mumford conjecture, and outline its generalisations. As an illustration, we give a pp-adic proof of a theorem of Bombieri, Masser and Zannier on curves in tori.

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@article{arxiv.2504.10611,
  title  = {$p$-adic approaches to unlikely intersections},
  author = {Netan Dogra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.10611},
  year   = {2025}
}

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13 pages, comments welcome!

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