Torsion conjecture

For a number field KK and an abelian variety AA over KK, let A(K)A(K) denote the group of KK-rational points of AA and let

A(K)tors={PA(K):nP=0 for some integer n1}A(K)_{\mathrm{tors}} = \{P \in A(K) : nP = 0 \text{ for some integer } n \ge 1\}

be its torsion subgroup, which is finite since A(K)A(K) is a finitely generated abelian group.

For every pair of integers g1g \ge 1 and d1d \ge 1 there exists a constant C(g,d)<C(g,d) < \infty such that

#A(K)torsC(g,d)\#A(K)_{\mathrm{tors}} \le C(g,d)

for every number field KK with [K:Q]=d[K:\mathbb{Q}] = d and every abelian variety AA over KK with dimA=g\dim A = g; that is, the bound depends only on gg and on the degree dd, and not otherwise on AA or on KK.

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