Lang–Silverman conjecture for canonical heights on abelian varieties

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Let g≥1g\geq 1, let kk be a number field, let A/kA/k be an abelian variety of dimension gg, let D∈Div⁡(A)\mathcal{D}\in\operatorname{Div}(A) be an ample divisor, and let P∈A(k)P\in A(k) such that

Z⋅P={mP∣m∈Z}\mathbb{Z}\cdot P=\{mP\mid m\in\mathbb{Z}\}

is Zariski-dense in AA. Write h^A,D\widehat{h}_{A,\mathcal{D}} for the Néron–Tate height associated with D\mathcal{D} and hF(A/k)h_{\mathrm{F}}(A/k) for the relative Faltings height. Lang–Silverman's conjecture. For every number field kk and every g≥1g\geq 1, there is a positive constant c(k,g)c(k,g) such that

h^A,D(P)≥c(k,g) max⁡{1,hF(A/k)}.\widehat{h}_{A,\mathcal{D}}(P) \geq c(k,g)\,\max\Big\{1,h_{\mathrm{F}}(A/k)\Big\}.

This generalizes Lang's elliptic-curve conjecture to higher-dimensional abelian varieties. The paper studies results toward the assertion, including lower bounds for families in which suitable auxiliary heights remain bounded, but does not establish the conjecture in general.

References

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Fabien Pazuki, “Minoration de la hauteur de Neron-Tate sur les surfaces abeliennes”, arXiv:0812.2854 (2015).

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