Comparison of Weil height and canonical height
Alice Lin (Harvard)
Abstract: References: Sections B4-B5 in Hindry and Silverman, Diophantine geometry, Springer, 2000 and/or Chapter 3 of Serre, Lectures on the Mordell-Weil theorem, 3rd edition, Springer, 1997. Also, Theorem A of Silverman, Heights and the specialization map for families of abelian varieties, J. Reine Angew. Math. 342 (1983), 197–211.
algebraic geometrynumber theory
Audience: advanced learners
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Series comments: STAGE (Seminar on Topics in Arithmetic, Geometry, Etc.) is a learning seminar in algebraic geometry and number theory, featuring speakers talking about work that is not their own. Talks will be at a level suitable for graduate students. Everyone is welcome.
Spring 2024 topic: The contents of Serre, Lectures on the Mordell-Weil theorem
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