Bombieri–Lang conjecture

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The Bombieri–Lang conjecture is a major unsolved conjecture in number theory and arithmetic geometry predicting that varieties of general type over number fields have only finitely many rational points.

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instanceOf conjecture in arithmetic geometry ⓘ
conjecture in number theory ⓘ
mathematical conjecture ⓘ
assumes base field is a number field ⓘ
variety is of general type ⓘ
concerns distribution of rational points ⓘ
varieties of general type over number fields ⓘ
consequence strong restrictions on rational points on general type varieties ⓘ
domain number fields ⓘ
expressedIn Diophantine approximation language ⓘ
algebraic geometry ⓘ
field arithmetic geometry ⓘ
number theory ⓘ
formulatedBy Enrico Bombieri ⓘ
Serge Lang ⓘ
generalizes Mordell conjecture ⓘ
linked to: Faltings' theorem
implies Mordell conjecture over number fields in suitable settings ⓘ
finiteness of rational points on curves of genus at least 2 over number fields ⓘ
importance central open problem about rational points ⓘ
major conjecture in arithmetic geometry ⓘ
influencedBy Mordell conjecture ⓘ
linked to: Faltings' theorem

Weil conjectures on curves ⓘ
linked to: Weil conjectures
isPartOf Lang's program on Diophantine geometry ⓘ
motivation understanding arithmetic of higher-dimensional varieties ⓘ
namedAfter Enrico Bombieri ⓘ
Serge Lang ⓘ
predicts varieties of general type over number fields have only finitely many rational points ⓘ
quantifier finitely many rational points ⓘ
relatedTo Campana conjecture ⓘ
Faltings's theorem ⓘ
linked to: Faltings' theorem

Lang conjectures on rational points ⓘ
Northcott property for heights ⓘ
Vojta conjectures ⓘ
abc conjecture ⓘ
height functions on varieties ⓘ
hyperbolicity of varieties ⓘ
scope smooth projective varieties of general type ⓘ
status open problem ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ
topic Diophantine geometry ⓘ
rational points on algebraic varieties ⓘ
varieties of general type ⓘ
typeOfStatement finiteness conjecture ⓘ

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Enrico Bombieri → knownFor → Bombieri–Lang conjecture ⓘ
Diophantine geometry → relatedTo → Lang conjectures ⓘ
linked to: Bombieri–Lang conjecture
Diophantine geometry → relatedTo → Vojta conjectures ⓘ
linked to: Bombieri–Lang conjecture