Faltings' theorem

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Faltings' theorem is a landmark result in arithmetic geometry that proves every algebraic curve of genus greater than one over a number field has only finitely many rational points.

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instanceOf mathematical theorem
theorem in arithmetic geometry
alsoKnownAs Mordell conjecture
linked to: Faltings' theorem
appliesTo curves of genus at least two
smooth projective curves over number fields
assumes curve defined over a number field
genus greater than one
category theorems about rational points
theorems in algebraic geometry
concerns algebraic curves over number fields
curves of genus greater than one
rational points on algebraic curves
conclusion set of rational points is finite
doesNotApplyTo elliptic curves of genus one
genus zero curves
field Diophantine geometry
arithmetic geometry
number theory
generalizes Mordell's theorem for curves over number fields
hasConsequence only finitely many rational points on any curve of genus greater than one over a fixed number field
implies Shafarevich conjecture for abelian varieties over number fields
finiteness of rational points on curves of genus greater than one over number fields
importance landmark result in arithmetic geometry
influenced modern Diophantine geometry
research on rational points
isAbout finiteness of rational solutions
namedAfter Gerd Faltings
originallyConjecturedBy Louis Mordell
over number fields
provedBy Gerd Faltings
proves Mordell conjecture
linked to: Faltings' theorem
publishedIn 1983
relatedTo Diophantine equations
Faltings height
Jacobians of curves
Shafarevich conjecture for abelian varieties
abelian varieties over number fields
rational points on curves
statement Every algebraic curve of genus greater than one over a number field has only finitely many rational points
status proved
type finiteness theorem
linked to: Faltings' theorem
uses Arakelov theory
Néron models
Tate conjecture for abelian varieties over number fields
heights on abelian varieties
reduction theory of abelian varieties
yearProved 1983

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Gerd Faltings knownFor Faltings' theorem
Louis Mordell knownFor Mordell conjecture
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Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture relatedTo Mordell conjecture
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Diophantine geometry relatedTo Mordell conjecture
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Diophantine geometry relatedTo Faltings's theorem
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Faltings' theorem alsoKnownAs Mordell conjecture
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Faltings' theorem proves Mordell conjecture
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Faltings' theorem type finiteness theorem
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Bombieri–Lang conjecture generalizes Mordell conjecture
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Bombieri–Lang conjecture relatedTo Faltings's theorem
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Bombieri–Lang conjecture influencedBy Mordell conjecture
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Diophantine equations relatedTo Faltings' theorem
Diophantine equations relatedTo Mordell conjecture
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Mordell–Weil theorem relatedTo Faltings's theorem
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Arakelov theory relatedTo Mordell conjecture
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Arakelov theory relatedTo Faltings’s theorem
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Siegel's theorem on integral points generalizedBy Faltings's theorem
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Siegel's theorem on integral points relatedTo Mordell's conjecture
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Siegel's theorem on integral points relatedTo Faltings's theorem
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