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A theorem of Faltings ensures that an algebraic curve defined by equations with rational coefficients have finitely many rational points provided its genus is at least two. How many are these finitely many? Can this this number grow, for fixed genus, by varying the curve? How about the typical curve, how many points does it have? These are open questions but there has been some recent progress in understanding them, which I will discuss. |
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