The strong existential closedness conjecture for the modular j-function

Let n1n\geq 1 and let VCn×Y(1)nV\subseteq\mathbb{C}^n\times\mathrm{Y}(1)^n be an algebraic variety. A point of VV is generic over a field KK if its transcendence degree over KK equals dimV\dim V. The strong existential closedness property (SEC) requires that, for every finitely generated field KCK\subset\mathbb{C} over which VV is defined, VV contain a point (z,j(z))(\mathbf{z},j(\mathbf{z})) generic over KK. Strong existential closedness conjecture. For every positive integer nn, every broad and free algebraic variety VCn×Y(1)nV\subseteq\mathbb{C}^n\times\mathrm{Y}(1)^n satisfies (SEC). This strengthens existential closedness from the existence of one intersection point to generic intersection points over every finitely generated field of definition. The supplied text gives no proof of the general assertion.

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Sebastian Eterović, “Generic Solutions of Equations Involving the Modular j-function”, arXiv:2209.12192 (2025).

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