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We prove a new Bertini-type Theorem with explicit control of the genus, degree, height, and the field of definition of the constructed curve. As a consequence we provide a general strategy to reduce certain height and rank estimates on abelian varieties over a number field $K$ to the case of jacobian varieties defined over a suitable extension of $K$.
For an algebraic number $alpha$ and $gammain mathbb{R}$, $h(alpha)$ be the (logarithmic) Weil height, and $h_gamma(alpha)=(mathrm{deg}alpha)^gamma h(alpha)$ be the $gamma$-weighted (logarithmic) Weil height of $alpha$. Let $f:overline{mathbb{Q}}to [0,infty)$ be a function on the algebraic numbers $overline{mathbb{Q}}$, and let $Ssubset overline{mathbb{Q}}$. The Northcott number $mathcal{N}_f(S)$ of $S$, with respect to $f$, is the infimum of all $Xgeq 0$ such that ${alpha in S; f(alpha)< X}$ is infinite. This paper studies the set of Northcott numbers $mathcal{N}_f(mathcal{O})$ for subrings of $overline{mathbb{Q}}$ for the house, the Weil height, and the $gamma$-weighted Weil height. We show: (1) Every $tgeq 1$ is the Northcott number of a ring of integers of a field w.r.t. the house. (2) For each $tgeq 0$ there exists a field with Northcott number in $ [t,2t]$ w.r.t. the Weil height $h(cdot)$. (3) For all $0leq gammaleq 1$ and $gamma<gamma$ there exists a field $K$ with $mathcal{N}_{h_{gamma}}(K)=0$ and $mathcal{N}_{h_gamma}(K)=infty$. For $(1)$ we provide examples that satisfy an analogue of Julia Robinons property (JR), examples that satisfy an analogue of Vidaux and Videlas isolation property, and examples that satisfy neither of those. Item $(2)$ concerns a question raised by Vidaux and Videla due to its direct link with decidability theory via the Julia Robinson number. Item (3) is a strong generalisation of the known fact that there are fields that satisfy the Lehmer conjecture but which are not Bogomolov in the sense of Bombieri and Zannier.
We establish the Geometric Dynamical Northcott Property for polarized endomorphisms of a projective normal variety over a function field $mathbf{K}$ of characteristic zero. This extends previous results of Benedetto, Baker and DeMarco in dimension $1$, and of Chatzidakis-Hrushovski in higher dimension. Our proof uses complex dynamics arguments and does not rely on the previous one. We first show that when $mathbf{K}$ is the field of rational functions of a smooth complex projective variety, the canonical height of a subvariety is the mass of the appropriate bifurcation current and that a marked point is stable if and only if its canonical height is zero. We then establish the Geometric Dynamical Northcott Property using a similarity argument. Moving from points to subvarieties, we propose, for polarized endomorphisms, a dynamical version of the Geometric Bogomolov Conjecture, recently proved by Cantat, Gao, Habegger and Xie. We establish several cases of this conjecture notably non-isotrivial polynomial skew-product with an isotrivial first coordinate.
Let $mathcal{X}$ be a regular projective arithmetic variety equipped with an ample hermitian line bundle $overline{mathcal{L}}$. We prove that the proportion of global sections $sigma$ with $leftlVert sigma rightrVert_{infty}<1$ of $overline{mathcal{L}}^{otimes d}$ whose divisor does not have a singular point on the fiber $mathcal{X}_p$ over any prime $p<e^{varepsilon d}$ tends to $zeta_{mathcal{X}}(1+dim mathcal{X})^{-1}$ as $drightarrow infty$.
We introduce a novel approach to Bertini irreducibility theorems over an arbitrary field, based on random hyperplane slicing over a finite field. Extending a result of Benoist, we prove that for a morphism $phi colon X to mathbb{P}^n$ such that $X$ is geometrically irreducible and the nonempty fibers of $phi$ all have the same dimension, the locus of hyperplanes $H$ such that $phi^{-1} H$ is not geometrically irreducible has dimension at most $operatorname{codim} phi(X)+1$. We give an application to monodromy groups above hyperplane sections.
We establish the finiteness of periodic points, that we called Geometric Dynamical Northcott Property, for regular polynomials automorphisms of the affine plane over a function field $mathbf{K}$ of characteristic zero, improving results of Ingram. For that, we show that when $mathbf{K}$ is the field of rational functions of a smooth complex projective curve, the canonical height of a subvariety is the mass of an appropriate bifurcation current and that a marked point is stable if and only if its canonical height is zero. We then establish the Geometric Dynamical Northcott Property using a similarity argument.