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Modularity and effective Mordell I

Number Theory 2021-11-25 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We give an effective proof of Faltings' theorem for curves mapping to Hilbert modular stacks over odd-degree totally real fields. We do this by giving an effective proof of the Shafarevich conjecture for abelian varieties of GL2\mathrm{GL}_2-type over an odd-degree totally real field. We deduce for example an effective height bound for KK-points on the curves Ca:x6+4y3=a2C_a : x^6 + 4y^3 = a^2 (aK×a\in K^\times) when KK is odd-degree totally real. (Over Q\overline{\mathbb{Q}} all hyperbolic hyperelliptic curves admit an \'{e}tale cover dominating C1C_1.)

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@article{arxiv.2109.07917,
  title  = {Modularity and effective Mordell I},
  author = {Levent Alpöge},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.07917},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

~20 page main body, ~5 page (superfluous) appendix. Comments (and especially complaints) always welcome! Enjoy. [v2: added a citation and fixed some typos.]

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