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The isotrivial case in the Mordell-Lang Theorem

Author(s): Dragos Ghioca
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 360 (2008), 3839-3856.
MSC (2000): Primary 11G10; Secondary 11G25
Posted: February 27, 2008
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Abstract: We determine the structure of the intersection of a finitely generated subgroup of a semiabelian variety $ G$ defined over a finite field with a closed subvariety $ X\subset G$. We also study a related question in the context of a power of the additive group scheme.

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Additional Information:

Dragos Ghioca
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Hamilton Hall, Room 218, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1
Address at time of publication: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4
Email: dghioca@math.mcmaster.ca

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-08-04388-2
PII: S 0002-9947(08)04388-2
Received by editor(s): February 7, 2006
Received by editor(s) in revised form: July 16, 2006
Posted: February 27, 2008
Copyright of article: Copyright 2008, American Mathematical Society

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