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On integral points on isotrivial elliptic curves over function field

Number Theory 2020-03-13 v1

Abstract

Let kk be a finite field and LL be the function field of a curve C/kC/k of genus g1g\geq 1. In the first part of this note, we show that the number of separable SS-integral points on a constant elliptic curve E/LE/L is bounded solely in terms of gg, the size of SS and the rank of the Mordell-Weil group E(L)E(L). In the second part, we assume that LL is the function field of a hyperelliptic curve CA:s2=A(t)C_A:s^2=A(t), where A(t)A(t) is a square-free kk-polynomial of odd degree. If \infty is the place of LL associated to the point at infinity of CAC_A, then we prove that the set of separable {}\{\infty\}-points can be bounded solely in terms of gg and does not seem to depend on the Mordell-Weil group E(L)E(L). This is done by bounding the number of separable integral points over k(t)k(t) on elliptic curves of the form EA:A(t)y2=f(x)E_A:A(t)y^2=f(x), where f(x)f(x) is a polynomial over kk. Additionally, we show that, under an extra condition on A(t)A(t), the existence of a separable integral point of "small" height on the elliptic curve EA/k(t)E_A/k(t) determines the isomorphism class of the elliptic curve y2=f(x)y^2=f(x).

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@article{arxiv.2003.05589,
  title  = {On integral points on isotrivial elliptic curves over function field},
  author = {Ricardo Conceição},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.05589},
  year   = {2020}
}
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