Effective isotrivial Mordell-Lang in positive characteristic

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Auteurs principaux: Bell, Jason, Ghioca, Dragos, Moosa, Rahim
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author Bell, Jason
Ghioca, Dragos
Moosa, Rahim
author_facet Bell, Jason
Ghioca, Dragos
Moosa, Rahim
contents The isotrivial Mordell-Lang theorem of Moosa and Scanlon describes the set $X\capΓ$ when $X$ is a subvariety of a semiabelian variety $G$ over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$ and $Γ$ is a finitely generated subgroup of $G$ that is invariant under the $q$-power Frobenius endomorphism $F$. That description is here made effective, and extended to arbitrary commutative algebraic groups $G$ and arbitrary finitely generated $\mathbb{Z}[F]$-submodules $Γ$. The approach is to use finite automata to give a concrete description of $X\cap Γ$. These methods and results have new applications even when specialised to the case when $G$ is an abelian variety over a finite field, $X\subseteq G$ a subvariety defined over a function field $K$, and $Γ=G(K)$. As an application of the automata-theoretic approach, a dichotomy theorem is established for the growth of the number of points in $X(K)$ of bounded height. As an application of the effective description of $X\capΓ$, decision procedures are given for the following three diophantine problems: Is $X(K)$ nonempty? Is it infinite? Does it contain an infinite coset?
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spellingShingle Effective isotrivial Mordell-Lang in positive characteristic
Bell, Jason
Ghioca, Dragos
Moosa, Rahim
Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
The isotrivial Mordell-Lang theorem of Moosa and Scanlon describes the set $X\capΓ$ when $X$ is a subvariety of a semiabelian variety $G$ over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$ and $Γ$ is a finitely generated subgroup of $G$ that is invariant under the $q$-power Frobenius endomorphism $F$. That description is here made effective, and extended to arbitrary commutative algebraic groups $G$ and arbitrary finitely generated $\mathbb{Z}[F]$-submodules $Γ$. The approach is to use finite automata to give a concrete description of $X\cap Γ$. These methods and results have new applications even when specialised to the case when $G$ is an abelian variety over a finite field, $X\subseteq G$ a subvariety defined over a function field $K$, and $Γ=G(K)$. As an application of the automata-theoretic approach, a dichotomy theorem is established for the growth of the number of points in $X(K)$ of bounded height. As an application of the effective description of $X\capΓ$, decision procedures are given for the following three diophantine problems: Is $X(K)$ nonempty? Is it infinite? Does it contain an infinite coset?
title Effective isotrivial Mordell-Lang in positive characteristic
topic Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.08579