The full Denis–Mordell–Lang conjecture for Drinfeld modules

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Let gg be a positive integer, and let ϕ1:A→K{τ},…,ϕg:A→K{τ}\phi_1:A\to K\{\tau\},\dots,\phi_g:A\to K\{\tau\} be Drinfeld modules. An algebraic (ϕ1,…,ϕg)(\phi_1,\dots,\phi_g)-submodule of Gag\mathbb{G}_a^g is an irreducible algebraic subgroup invariant under the action of (ϕ1,…,ϕg)(\phi_1,\dots,\phi_g). A ϕ\phi-module MM is finite rank if it contains a finitely generated ϕ\phi-submodule M′M' such that M/M′M/M' is a torsion ϕ\phi-module. Let V⊂GagV\subset\mathbb{G}_a^g be an affine variety defined over K‾\overline{K}, and let Γ\Gamma be a finite rank (ϕ1,…,ϕg)(\phi_1,\dots,\phi_g)-submodule of Gag(K‾)\mathbb{G}_a^g(\overline{K}). The full Denis–Mordell–Lang conjecture. There exist algebraic (ϕ1,…,ϕg)(\phi_1,\dots,\phi_g)-submodules B1,…,BlB_1,\dots,B_l of Gag\mathbb{G}_a^g and points γ1,…,γl∈Γ\gamma_1,\dots,\gamma_l\in\Gamma such that

V(K‾)∩Γ=⋃i=1l(γi+Bi(K‾))∩Γ.V(\overline{K})\cap\Gamma=\bigcup_{i=1}^l(\gamma_i+B_i(\overline{K}))\cap\Gamma.

Denis showed that, under certain natural Galois-theoretic assumptions, this full conjecture would follow from a weaker conjecture concerning finitely generated ϕ\phi-modules. The case in which Γ\Gamma is the product of the torsion submodules of the ϕi\phi_i was proved by Scanlon, and other instances are known, but the full statement remains unresolved.

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Dragos Ghioca and Thomas J. Tucker, “A dynamical version of the Mordell-Lang conjecture for the additive group”, arXiv:0704.1333 (2007).

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