Special Year Learning Seminar

Let $f: X \to S$ be a quasi-projective family of varieties defined over $\overline{\mathbb{Q}} \subset \mathbb{C}$. We show that the points of $S(\overline{\mathbb{Q}})$ that are Hodge generic for the variation of Hodge structures associated to $f$ are analytically dense in $S(\mathbb{C})$. In fact, in the spirit of the Grothendieck period conjecture and under a large monodromy assumption, we prove the density of the points of $S(\overline{\mathbb{Q}})$ where the periods of the fibre do not  satisfy extra relations ``up to degree $\delta$''. As a by-product, we also establish new instances of the Mumford-Tate conjecture, beyond the realm of abelian motives. When the base $S$ is a curve, we provide quantitative estimates for points satisfying these properties.

The main technical contribution is a new result on relations satisfied by solutions of $G$-operators, which relies on height estimates due to Bombieri and Andr\'e.

Joint work with G. Binyamini and D. Urbanik.