The abcdabcd-conjecture

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Let KK be a number field or a one-dimensional function field of characteristic zero, and let n≥3n\ge 3. Let [Z1:⋯:Zn][Z_1:\cdots:Z_n] be the standard homogeneous coordinates on Pn−1(K)\mathbb{P}^{n-1}(K), and let H\mathcal{H} be the hyperplane given by

Z1+⋯+Zn=0.Z_1+\dots+Z_n=0.

For P=(z1,…,zn)∈Pn−1(K)P=(z_1,\dots,z_n)\in\mathbb{P}^{n-1}(K) with nonzero coordinates, let h(P)h(P) be the height and rad⁡(P)\operatorname{rad}(P) the radical defined in the source. The abcdabcd-conjecture. For any ϵ>0\epsilon>0, there is a proper Zariski closed subset Z=Z(K,ϵ,n)⊊H\mathcal{Z}=\mathcal{Z}(K,\epsilon,n)\subsetneq\mathcal{H} and a constant CK,Z,ϵ,nC_{K,\mathcal{Z},\epsilon,n} such that for all P=(z1,…,zn)∈H∖ZP=(z_1,\dots,z_n)\in\mathcal{H}\setminus\mathcal{Z} with z1,…,zn∈K∗z_1,\dots,z_n\in K^*, we have

h(P)<(1+ϵ)rad⁡(P)+CK,Z,ϵ,n.h(P)<(1+\epsilon)\operatorname{rad}(P)+C_{K,\mathcal{Z},\epsilon,n}.

This generalizes the abcabc-conjecture, which corresponds to n=3n=3, and is used in the source to prove results on uniform boundedness and dynamical Lang-type statements. The source gives no resolution status for this formulation.

References

Primary source

Nicole R. Looper, “The Uniform Boundedness and Dynamical Lang Conjectures for polynomials”, arXiv:2105.05240 (2025).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2019–2021). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1901.04385.

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