Counting algebraic points of bounded degree on curves

Abstract

Let $X$ be a smooth projective curve over a number field $k$. Let $f\colon X \to \mathbb{P}^1$ be a non-constant morphism that realizes the gonality of $X$. In this article we study the growth rate of $\left\{P\in X\left(\overline{k} \right)\left| [k(x):k]=\nu , k(x)=k(f(x)), h(x)\leq T \right.\right\}.$