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A subfield K ⊆ ℚ̅ has the Bogomolov property if there exists a positive ε such that no non-torsion point of $K^{\times }$ has absolute logarithmic height below ε. We define a relative extension L/K to be Bogomolov if this holds for points of $L^{\times }\setminus K^{\times }$. We construct various examples of extensions which are and are not Bogomolov. We prove a ramification criterion for this property, and use it to show that such extensions can always be constructed if some rational prime has bounded ramification index in K.

We study the compositum $k^{\left[d\right]}$ of all degree $d$ extensions of a number field $k$ in a fixed algebraic closure. We show $k^{\left[d\right]}$ contains all subextensions of degree less than $d$ if and only if $d\le 4$. We prove that for $d\>2$ there is no bound $c=c\left(d\right)$ on the degree of elements required to generate finite subextensions of $k^{\left[d\right]}/k$. Restricting to Galois subextensions, we prove such a bound does not exist under certain conditions on divisors of $d$, but that one can take $c=d$ when $d$ is prime. This question was inspired by work of Bombieri and...