Naive height contraction in elliptic halving descent ($P=2Q+R⟹h_x(Q)\le \frac{1}{2}{h}_x(P)+C_R$)

For a fixed rational point $R$ on an elliptic curve over a number field, the addition formula gives $h_x(P-R)\le 2h_x(P)+O_R(1)$. The duplication map has degree four, so $h_x(2Q)=4h_x(Q)+O(1)$. Combining them gives the displayed contraction. A finite set of representatives modulo twice the point group makes the constants uniform. Points above a fixed height threshold descend by a definite amount; Northcott theorem makes the terminal bounded-height set finite. This converts the Weak Mordell-Weil theorem into the full finite-generation theorem.