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Small Height and Infinite Non-Abelian Extensions

Number Theory 2019-12-19 v2

Abstract

Let EE be an elliptic curve defined over the rationals without complex multiplication. The field FF generated by all torsion points of EE is an infinite, non-abelian Galois extension of the rationals which has unbounded, wild ramification above all primes. We prove that the absolute logarithmic Weil height of an element of FF is either zero or bounded from below by a positive constant depending only on EE. We also show that the N\'eron-Tate height has a similar gap on E(F)E(F) and use this to determine the structure of the group E(F)E(F).

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@article{arxiv.1109.5859,
  title  = {Small Height and Infinite Non-Abelian Extensions},
  author = {Philipp Habegger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.5859},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

Added new corollary on the structure of the group $E(F)$ and corrected some typos in version 2

R2 v1 2026-06-21T19:10:58.228Z