Minimal heights and polarizations on group varieties
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Minimal heights and polarizations on group varieties
zbMATH Open document ID: 0847.11036
DOI: 10.1215/S0012-7094-95-08009-0
published in: Duke Mathematical Journal
publication date: 1996-05-01T00:00:00Z
review text: Let \(G\) be a commutative algebraic group defined over a number field \(k\). In this paper, the author defines a notion of canonical height \(h_L\) attached to an admissible line bundle \(L\) on a compactification \(\overline G/k\) of \(G\) and gives lower bounds for the height \(h_L(P)\) of a point \(P\in G(k)\) in terms of \(L\), when \(G\) is isogenous to the product of an Abelian variety by a torus. For a point \(P\in G(k)\), denote by \(G(P)\) the smallest algebraic subgroup of \(G\) which contains \(P\), and put \(g(P)= \dim G(P)\). It is shown that, if \(G\) is isogenous to the product of an Abelian variety by a torus, then there is a constant \(c= c(G, \overline G, k)\) such that for any admissible line bundle \(L\) and any point \(p\in G(k)\), we have \[ h_L(P)^{g(P)}\geq c(L^{q(P)}\cdot G(P)),\tag{\(*\)} \] where the right-hand side is an intersection number. In particular, when \(G(P)= G\), we get \(h_L(P)\geq c(L^g)\), where \(g= \dim G\). For a general group \(G\), it is shown that such a constant does not exist. When \(G\) is a split torus/\(k\) or an isotypic Abelian variety, a stronger inequality is proved in the form \[ h_L(P)^{g(P)}\geq R(G(P)/k, P)(L^{g(P)}\cdot G(P)), \] where \(R(G(P)/k, P)\) denotes an intrinsic regulator. An appendix explains how bounds of the type \((*)\) answer a classical problem on linear dependence relations [ see \textit{D. Masser}, New advances in transcendence theory, Proc. Symp., Durham/UK 1986, 248-262 (1988; Zbl 0656.10031)].
reviewed by: Damien Roy
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11J81
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 14L10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11G35
zbMATH DE Number: 850806
zbMATH Keywords: group variety
zbMATH Keywords: Lehmer's problem
zbMATH Keywords: Lang-Silverman conjecture
zbMATH Keywords: lower bounds for the height of a point
zbMATH Keywords: canonical height
zbMATH Keywords: admissible line bundle
zbMATH Keywords: Abelian variety
zbMATH Keywords: torus
author: Daniel Bertrand
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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