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Diophantine Geometry II
Semester
SoSe 2020

Lecturer
Walter Gubler

Type of course (Veranstaltungsart)
Vorlesung

Contents
Diophantine Geometry is a very old and fascinating field. It deals with entire or
rational solutions of polynomial equations. A famous example is Fermat's conjecture which was open
for many years until Wiles solved it recently. In Diophantine Geometry I, we will introduce heights
and we will prove Roth's theorem from diophantine approximation and the theorem of Mordell-Weil
from the theory of abelian varieties. In diophantine geometry II, these two theorems lead to a
proof of the Mordell-conjecture. We will follow Vojta's proof with simplification of Bombieri. This
proof is more elementary than the original proof of Faltings for which Faltings received the Fields
medal in 1986.

Literature
Bombieri, Gubler: Heights in Diophantine Geometry; Hindry, Silverman: Diphantine Geometry;
Lang: Fundamentals of Diophantine Geometry; Serre: Lectures on the Mordell--Weil theorem.

Recommended previous knowledge
Algebraic Geometry I is required, Diophantine Geometry I is helpful, but not absolutely necessary as
we recall the needed results.

Time/Date
Di, Do: 8-10

Location
Di M311, Do M103

Registration
  • Registration for course work/examination/ECTS: FlexNow
Course work (Studienleistungen)
  • Successful participation in the exercise classes: 50% of points
Examination (Prüfungsleistungen)
  • Oral exam: Duration: 25 minutes, Date: , re-exam: Date:
Modules
BV, MV, MArGeo

ECTS
9
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