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The Bombieri-Pila determinant method

Number Theory 2025-07-29 v3 Algebraic Geometry Combinatorics

Abstract

We give a concise and accessible introduction to the real-analytic determinant method for counting integral points on algebraic curves, based on the classic 1989 paper of Bombieri and Pila.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2312.12890,
  title  = {The Bombieri-Pila determinant method},
  author = {Thomas F. Bloom and Jared Duker Lichtman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.12890},
  year   = {2025}
}

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19 pages

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