Poonen's Mordell–Lang–Bogomolov conjecture for semiabelian varieties

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Let AA be a semiabelian variety over a number field kk, let Γ\Gamma be a finitely generated subgroup of A(k‾)A(\overline{k}), and let

Γ′={x∈A(k‾)∣nx∈Γ for some n≥1}\Gamma' = \{x \in A(\overline{k}) \mid nx \in \Gamma \text{ for some } n \geq 1\}

be its division group. Let XX be a geometrically integral closed subvariety of AA. A sequence in A(k‾)A(\overline{k}) is a sequence of small points if it is small for the dynamical height construction associated with multiplication on AA.

Poonen's Mordell–Lang–Bogomolov conjecture. For i≥1i \geq 1, suppose

xi=γi+zi∈X(k‾),x_i=\gamma_i+z_i \in X(\overline{k}),

where γi∈Γ′\gamma_i \in \Gamma' and {zi}i≥1\{z_i\}_{i \geq 1} is a sequence of small points in A(k‾)A(\overline{k}). If XX is not a translate of a sub-semiabelian variety of AA by an element of Γ′\Gamma', then the points xix_i are not Zariski dense in Xk‾X_{\overline{k}}.

The conjecture extends Mordell–Lang and Bogomolov from abelian to semiabelian varieties. The source presents it as unresolved, while noting that many special cases were already known; when Γ=0\Gamma=0, it gives a semiabelian generalization of Bogomolov.

References

Primary source

Bjorn Poonen, “Mordell-Lang plus Bogomolov”, arXiv:math/9808126 (1998).

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