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Small points in radical extensions of number fields

Number Theory 2026-07-31 v1

Abstract

We study small points in radical extensions of algebraic fields. Given an algebraic extension F\mathbb{F} of Q\mathbb{Q}, a finitely generated subgroup ΓF×\Gamma\subseteq \mathbb{F}^\times, and a rational prime pp, we give a general criterion ensuring that F(Γpdiv)Γdiv\mathbb{F}(\Gamma^{p-\mathrm{div}})\setminus \Gamma^{\mathrm{div}} has the Bogomolov property. This problem is motivated by a conjecture of R\'emond, formulated when F\mathbb{F} is a number field, predicting that such radical extensions contain no unexpected small points outside the divisible hull of the group used to generate them. As applications, we obtain new cases of R\'emond's conjecture for radical extensions generated by division points with respect to a finite set of primes, recovering and extending previous results of Amoroso and the third author. Our argument is based on a recent result on small points in pp-adic Lie extensions.

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@article{arxiv.2607.29208,
  title  = {Small points in radical extensions of number fields},
  author = {Andrea Conti and Ilaria Del Corso and Arnaud Plessis and Lea Terracini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.29208},
  year   = {2026}
}

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