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In this survey, we outline the role of G-functions in arithmetic geometry, notably their link with Picard-Fuchs differential equations and periods. We explain how polynomial relations between special values of G-functions arising from a pencil of algebraic varieties may occur at a parameter where the fiber has more ``motivic" symmetries; and how Bombieri's principle of global relations can be used to control the height of such parameters (which was also one of the origins of the Andr\'e-Oort conjecture). At the end, we sketch the recent revival of the G-function method in the context of unlikely intersections and the Zilber-Pink conjecture.

Author

André, Yves

Published

2025

Language

EN