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On the Bombieri-Lang Conjecture over finitely generated fields

Number Theory 2023-02-15 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

The strong Bombieri-Lang conjecture postulates that, for every variety XX of general type over a field kk finitely generated over Q\mathbb{Q}, there exists an open subset UXU\subset X such that U(K)U(K) is finite for every finitely generated extension K/kK/k. The weak Bombieri-Lang conjecture postulates that, for every positive dimensional variety XX of general type over a field kk finitely generated over Q\mathbb{Q}, the rational points X(k)X(k) are not dense. Furthermore, Lang conjectured that every variety of general type XX over a field of characteristic 00 contains an open subset UXU\subset X such that every subvariety of UU is of general type, this statement is usually called geometric Lang conjecture. We reduce the strong Bombieri-Lang conjecture to the case k=Qk=\mathbb{Q}. Assuming the geometric Lang conjecture, we reduce the weak Bombieri-Lang conjecture to k=Qk=\mathbb{Q}, too.

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@article{arxiv.2012.15765,
  title  = {On the Bombieri-Lang Conjecture over finitely generated fields},
  author = {Giulio Bresciani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.15765},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

Edited for clarity. Fixed a wrong notation in the proof of Theorem A that confused some readers

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