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Rational points on solvable curves over $\mathbb{Q}$ via non-abelian Chabauty

Number Theory 2022-08-16 v3 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We study the Selmer varieties of smooth projective curves of genus at least two defined over Q\mathbb{Q} which geometrically dominate a curve with CM Jacobian. We extend a result of Coates and Kim to show that Kim's non-abelian Chabauty method applies to such a curve. By combining this with results of Bogomolov-Tschinkel and Poonen on unramified correspondences, we deduce that any cover of P1\mathbf{P}^1 with solvable Galois group, and in particular any superelliptic curve over Q\mathbb{Q}, has only finitely many rational points over Q\mathbb{Q}.

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@article{arxiv.1706.00525,
  title  = {Rational points on solvable curves over $\mathbb{Q}$ via non-abelian Chabauty},
  author = {Jordan S. Ellenberg and Daniel Rayor Hast},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.00525},
  year   = {2022}
}

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17 pages