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On the height constant for curves of genus two

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Mathematisches Institut, Universitätsstr. 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany

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curves of genus two, Jacobians, local fields, number fields, height constant, torsion points, rational torsion subgroup, canonical height

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