Non-torsion points for the Osada polynomial family

Let n5n\geq 5 be odd, let 0dZ0\neq d\in\mathbb Z be chosen so that g(X)=XnX1+d2g(X)=X^n-X-1+d^2 has distinct roots, and let C/QC/\mathbb Q be the smooth projective hyperelliptic curve defined by Y2=g(X)Y^2=g(X), embedded into its Jacobian using the point at infinity. Let Lf/QL_f/\mathbb Q be the splitting field of f(X)=XnX1f(X)=X^n-X-1. The Osada polynomial-family conjecture. For every root uu of ff, the corresponding LfL_f-rational point is non-torsion in JC(Lf)J_C(L_f) and

dimJC(Lf)Qm(Gal(Lf/Q))=n1.\dim J_C(L_f)\otimes\mathbb Q\geq m(\operatorname{Gal}(L_f/\mathbb Q))=n-1.

This is presented as a particular case of the preceding primitive-point conjecture; the source supplies no resolution.

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Kirti Joshi, “Methods for constructing elliptic and hyperelliptic curves with rational points”, arXiv:1711.06242 (2018).

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