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Elliptic Curves over the Perfect Closure of a Function Field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Dragos Ghioca
Dragos Ghioca*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4 e-mail: dragos.ghioca@uleth.ca
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Abstract

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We prove that the group of rational points of a non-isotrivial elliptic curve defined over the perfect closure of a function field in positive characteristic is finitely generated.

Keywords

11G5011G05elliptic curvesheights
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , 01 March 2010 , pp. 87 - 94
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2010

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