Specializations of elliptic surfaces, and divisibility in the Mordell-Weil group

dc.creatorIngram, Patrick
dc.date2008-11-19
dc.date2008-12-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:10:41Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:10:41Z
dc.descriptionLet $E$ be an elliptic surface over the curve $C$, defined over a number field $k$, let $P$ be a section of $E$, and let $\ell$ be a rational prime. For any non-singular fibre $E_t$, we bound the number of points $Q$ on $E_t$ of (algebraic) degree at most $D$ over $k$, such that $\ell^n Q=P_t$, for some $n\geq 1$. The bound obtained depends only on $\ell$, the surface and section in question, $D$, and the degree $[k(t):k]$; that is, it is uniform across all fibres of bounded degree. In special cases, we obtain more specific, in some instances sharp, bounds.
dc.descriptionIntroduction re-written, and minor additions. The results of the paper are largely unchanged, with one small observation added
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0811.3109
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0811.3109
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/210003
dc.subjectNumber Theory
dc.subjectAlgebraic Geometry
dc.subject14G05; 14J27
dc.titleSpecializations of elliptic surfaces, and divisibility in the Mordell-Weil group
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