Likely and unlikely ramification of algebraic points on curves

Bianca Viray; Isabel Vogt

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Likely and unlikely ramification of algebraic points on curves

Bianca Viray·Isabel Vogt

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This paper initiates the study of arithmetic properties of closed points of arbitrary degree on curves. We show that a pointless curve of rank $0$ can have only finitely many cyclic degree $\ell$ points for all sufficiently large primes $\ell$. More generally, we show that the residue fields of points on curves of genus at least $2$ and rank $0$ are often biased away from total ramification. The proof technique illuminates a natural intermediate conjecture between the Manin--Mumford conjecture and the Zilber--Pink conjecture for self-products of abelian varieties. This intermediate conjecture implies analogous results for other splitting profiles.

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Bianca Viray, Isabel Vogt. 2026-10-12. Likely and unlikely ramification of algebraic points on curves. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.17262

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