New gap principle for semiabelian varieties using globally valued fields

Abstract

Hrushovski observed that the new gap principle of Gao-Ge-Kühne is essentially equivalent to the Bogomolov conjecture over arbitrary globally valued fields of characteristic $0$. Building on this observation, we prove a new gap principle for semiabelian varieties by reducing the Bogomolov conjecture for semiabelian varieties to the Bogomolov conjecture for abelian varieties over arbitrary GVFs. This reduction remains valid in positive characteristic; however, the corresponding Bogomolov conjecture for abelian varieties is not yet known in that setting. We prove an unconditional new gap principle in positive characteristic for semiabelian varieties whose abelian quotient is an elliptic curve.