Faltings's theorem

Faltings's theorem is a result in arithmetic geometry, according to which a curve of genus greater than 1 over the field of rational numbers has only finitely many rational points. This was conjectured in 1922 by Louis Mordell, and known as the Mordell conjecture until its 1983 proof by Gerd Faltings. The conjecture was later generalized by replacing by any number field.

Faltings's theorem
Gerd Faltings
FieldArithmetic geometry
Conjectured byLouis Mordell
Conjectured in1922
First proof byGerd Faltings
First proof in1983
GeneralizationsBombieri–Lang conjecture
Mordell–Lang conjecture
ConsequencesSiegel's theorem on integral points
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