Points of low degree on curves over function fields

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Main Author: van Schaick, Sièna
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contents We show that the geometric classification of smooth projective curves admitting infinitely many points of degree $d\leq 5$ extends from number fields to function fields of characteristic 0. Over number fields, this classification was established by Faltings for $d=1$, Harris--Silverman for $d=2$, Abramovich--Harris for $d=3,4$ and Kadets--Vogt for $d=4,5$. Our approach uses a specialization argument to reduce the problem over function fields to the number field case.
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spellingShingle Points of low degree on curves over function fields
van Schaick, Sièna
Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
14G99 (Primary) 11G30, 14H45, 14G05 (Secondary)
We show that the geometric classification of smooth projective curves admitting infinitely many points of degree $d\leq 5$ extends from number fields to function fields of characteristic 0. Over number fields, this classification was established by Faltings for $d=1$, Harris--Silverman for $d=2$, Abramovich--Harris for $d=3,4$ and Kadets--Vogt for $d=4,5$. Our approach uses a specialization argument to reduce the problem over function fields to the number field case.
title Points of low degree on curves over function fields
topic Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
14G99 (Primary) 11G30, 14H45, 14G05 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.02975