The higher-codimension Bounded Height Conjecture

Let AA be a semi-abelian variety, let VV be an irreducible algebraic subvariety of dimension dd defined over Q\overline{\mathbb{Q}}, and let Γ\Gamma be a finite-rank subgroup of A(Q)A(\overline{\mathbb{Q}}), with Γε=Γ+Oε\Gamma_\varepsilon=\Gamma+\mathcal{O}_\varepsilon. A subvariety is weak-transverse if it is not contained in a proper algebraic subgroup, and transverse if it is not contained in a proper coset. Higher-codimension Bounded Height Conjecture. There exist ε>0\varepsilon>0 and a non-empty Zariski open subset VeV^e of VV such that:

  1. If VV is weak-transverse, then Sd+1(Ve,Oε)S_{d+1}(V^e,\mathcal{O}_\varepsilon) has bounded height.
  2. If VV is transverse, then Sd+1(Ve,Γε)S_{d+1}(V^e,\Gamma_\varepsilon) has bounded height.

This extends the bounded-height prediction from codimension dd to codimension d+1d+1, distinguishing the weak-transverse and transverse cases. The source presents it as a natural question following the optimality result for varieties failing Property (S)(S); its general validity is open.

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Viada Evelina, “The optimality of the Boundedness Height Conjecture”, arXiv:0801.2071 (2008).

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