The Baker–Bilu obstruction conjecture for integral points on curves
Let be a nice curve, meaning a smooth, projective, geometrically integral curve, of genus at least over . For a point , write for the resulting affine curve. Baker–Bilu obstruction conjecture. For every such , there exists such that has no connected finite étale cover admitting even a single nonconstant morphism to . This is a stronger proposed negative answer to the question of whether every smooth integral affine curve of genus at least over admits a connected finite étale cover with a nondegenerate morphism to . If true, it would obstruct applying the Baker–Bilu method to determining integral points on curves.
References
Primary source
Aaron Landesman and Bjorn Poonen, “Obstructions to applying the Baker–Bilu method for determining integral points on curves”, arXiv:2306.11799 (2023).
Progress summary
Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.
Solutions 0
No solutions have been posted yet.