The Baker–Bilu obstruction conjecture for integral points on curves
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.
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Aaron Landesman and Bjorn Poonen, “Obstructions to applying the Baker–Bilu method for determining integral points on curves”, arXiv:2306.11799 (2023).
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