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Uniform boundedness of small points on abelian varieties over function fields

Number Theory 2026-03-25 v1 Algebraic Geometry Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Let kk be a field of characteristic 00 and let K=k(B)K = k(B) be the function field of a geometrically irreducible projective curve BB over kk. Let A/KA/K be a gg-dimensional abelian variety with TrK/k(A)=0\mathrm{Tr}_{K/k}(A) = 0. We prove that any KK-rational torsion point xx of AA has order uniformly bounded in terms of gg and the gonality of BB. We also prove a uniform lower bound on the N\'{e}ron-Tate height h^A,L(x)\widehat{h}_{A,L}(x) in terms of the stable Faltings height hFal(A)h_{\mathrm{Fal}}(A) for any KK-rational point xx whose forward orbit is Zariski dense, proving the Lang-Silverman conjecture over function fields of characteristic 00.

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@article{arxiv.2603.23396,
  title  = {Uniform boundedness of small points on abelian varieties over function fields},
  author = {Nicole Looper and Jit Wu Yap},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.23396},
  year   = {2026}
}
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