On Davenport-Stothers inequalities and elliptic surfaces in positive characteristic

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)499-522
Number of pages24
JournalQuarterly Journal of Mathematics
Volume59
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2008
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

We show that the Davenport-Stothers inequality from characteristic 0 fails in any characteristic p > 3. The proof uses elliptic surfaces over ℙ1 and inseparable base change. We then present adjusted inequalities. These follow from results of Pesenti and Szpiro. For characteristics 2 and 3, we achieve a similar result in terms of the maximal singular fibres of elliptic surfaces over ℙ1. Our ideas are also related to supersingular surfaces (in Shioda's sense).

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    elliptic surfaces, Davenport-Stothers inequalities

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On Davenport-Stothers inequalities and elliptic surfaces in positive characteristic. / Schütt, Matthias; Schweizer, Andreas.
In: Quarterly Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 59, No. 4, 12.2008, p. 499-522.

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