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Relative Northcott numbers for the weighted Weil heights

Number Theory 2022-06-22 v2

Abstract

It is fundamental in number theory to calculate lower bounds for height functions. Grizzard studied lower bounds for the Weil height in a relative setting. Vidaux and Videla introduced the Northcott number for a set AQˉA\subset\bar{\mathbb{Q}}. It bounds the Weil height on AA from below, outside the zero-height points and the finitely many small-height points. Pazuki, Technau, and Widmer introduced the weighted Weil heights. These heights generalize both the absolute and relative Weil heights. In this paper, we introduce a relative version of the Northcott number related to the weighted Weil height. We also give a field extension whose Northcott number equals a given positive number. The work is a relative version of the previous work of the author and Sano on the Northcott numbers for the weighted Weil heights.

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@article{arxiv.2206.05440,
  title  = {Relative Northcott numbers for the weighted Weil heights},
  author = {Masao Okazaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.05440},
  year   = {2022}
}

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