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Runge's Method and Modular Curves

Number Theory 2009-07-21 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We bound the j-invariant of S-integral points on arbitrary modular curves over arbitrary fields, in terms of the congruence group defining the curve, assuming a certain Runge condition is satisfied by our objects. We then apply our bounds to prove that for sufficiently large prime p, the points of X0+(pr)(Q)X_0^+ (p^r)(Q) with r>1 are either cusps or CM points. This can be interpreted as the non-existence of quadratic elliptic Q-curves with higher prime-power degree.

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@article{arxiv.0907.3306,
  title  = {Runge's Method and Modular Curves},
  author = {Yuri Bilu and Pierre Parent},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.3306},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Nineteen pages

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