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The generalization of Teichmüller theory to arithmetic geometry has been called inter-universal Teichmüller theory (often abbreviated IUTT) by Shinichi Mochizuki. It is a part of anabelian geometry.
The term “inter-universal” apparently refers to the fact that the theory is meant to formulated explicitly in a way that respects universe enlargement, hence that it is universe polymorphic (IUTT IV, remark 3.1.4, Yamashita 13).
It is claimed (IUTT IV) that a proof of the abc conjecture can be given in IUTT. In 2018, a document Why abc is still a conjecture was written by Peter Scholze and Jakob Stix raising objections to the argument.
Important to the arguments in the latter parts of the IUTT series are what Mochizuki refers to as pilot objects. Though the terminology in IUTT III is very dense, Mochizuki explains in Example 3.6, Remark 3.6.1, and subsequently that these can be understood in quite elementary terms, which we now describe.
Let , , , and be as at initial Θ-data: is a once-puncturing of an elliptic curve , is a number field, is the field of moduli of with respect to , is a certain set of valuations, and all of , , , and satisfy certain conditions which will be referred to here only as needed. Let denote the multiplicative group of .
Let . By definition, is a valuation on , where is as defined at initial Θ-data. Denote the completion of with respect to by , denote the ring of integers of by , and denote the group of units of these two rings by and respectively.
Let denote the group homomorphism induced by the composition of the field inclusion with the canonical ring homomorphisms .
We denote by the category whose objects consist of:
An -torsor , where torsor here is understood with respect to the category of sets.
For every , a trivialisation of the -torsor obtained from by change of structure group with respect to . We require that there is a such that, for all but finitely many , is equal to the trivialisation of determined by . (See torsor for the details of trivialisation of a torsor, and for the notion of change of structure group of a torsor.)
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Definition is Example 3.6 in IUTT III, and is also discussed in Remark 3.6.1. Remark 3.1.5 of IUTT I is also relevant.
poly-morphism (not to be be confused with polymorphism)
Shinichi Mochizuki, Inter-universal Teichmüller theory I, Construction of Hodge theaters (2012) (pdf)
Shinichi Mochizuki, Inter-universal Teichmüller theory II, Hodge-Arakelov-theoretic evaluation (2012) (pdf)
Shinichi Mochizuki, Inter-universal Teichmüller theory III, Canonical splittings of the Log-theta-lattice (2012) (pdf)
Shinichi Mochizuki, Inter-universal Teichmüller theory IV, Log-volume computations and set-theoretic foundations (2012) (pdf)
Surveys include
Shinichi Mochizuki, Panoramic overview of inter-universal Teichmuller theory, pdf
Go Yamashita, FAQ on ‘Inter-Universality’ (pdf)
Ivan Fesenko, Arithmetic deformation theory via arithmetic fundamental groups and nonarchimedean theta functions, European Journal of Mathematics September 2015, Volume 1, Issue 3, pp 405-440 (publisher, pdf)
Minhyong Kim, Brief superficial remarks on Shinichi Mochizuki’s Interuniversal Teichmueller Theory (IUTT), version 1, 10/11/2015, (pdf).
Taylor Dupuy, Hodge Theaters: A First Look at the Big Hodge Theater, Confused Groups and Torsors
RIMS/Symmetries and Correspondences workshop: Inter-universal Teichmüller Theory Summit 2016
Jackson Morrow, Kummer classes and Anabelian geometry, notes from Super QVNTS: Kummer Classes and Anabelian Geometry 2017 (pdf)
The following two papers give a statement of Mochizuki's Corollary 3.12 in plain language (not using the elaborate setup in the IUT papers), and assuming the inequality in it as given, derive concrete versions of (weakenings of) Szpiro’s conjecture, again, using conventional terminology and techniques.
Taylor Dupuy, Anton Hilado, The Statement of Mochizuki’s Corollary 3.12, Initial Theta Data, and the First Two Indeterminacies, arXiv:2004.13228
Taylor Dupuy, Anton Hilado, Probabilistic Szpiro, Baby Szpiro, and Explicit Szpiro from Mochizuki’s Corollary 3.12, arXiv:2004.13108
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