Bogomolov property for certain infinite non-Galois extensions (2404.11559v4)

Abstract: For an algebraic number $\alpha$, let $h(\alpha)$ denote its logarithmic Weil height. In 2002, Bombieri and Zannier obtained lower bounds for Weil height for totally $p$-adic extensions of $\mathbb{Q}$, i.e., infinite Galois extension over $\mathbb{Q}$ with finite local degree over a rational prime $p$. In this paper, we formulate and prove the non-Galois analogue of this result. In particular, it leads to a $p$-adic equidistribution result i.e., if a positive proportion of conjugates of $\alpha\in\overline{\mathbb{Q}}$ lie in a finite local extension $K_{v}/\mathbb{Q}_p$, then we obtain absolute lower bound for $h(\alpha)$. We also undertake the analoguous problem for canonical height of an elliptic curve $E/K$ and obtain explicit lower bounds for them on certain non-Galois infinite extensions.