The dynamical Manin–Mumford conjecture for complex polynomial automorphisms

Let ff be a complex polynomial automorphism of Hénon type of the affine plane, and let CC be an irreducible algebraic curve containing infinitely many periodic points of ff. An involution [?][?] is an automorphism [?][?] satisfying [?]2=id[?]^2=\operatorname{id}. Dynamical Manin–Mumford conjecture. There exists an involution σ\sigma of the affine plane whose set of fixed points is CC and an integer n1n\ge 1 such that

σfnσ=fn.\sigma f^n \sigma=f^{-n}.

Reversible polynomial automorphisms provide the motivating examples: intersections of the fixed curve of a reversing involution with its iterated inverse images yield infinitely many periodic points. The conjecture gives a converse classification for curves containing infinitely many periodic points; the supplied text does not state a resolution.

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Romain Dujardin and Charles Favre, “The dynamical Manin-Mumford problem for plane polynomial automorphisms”, arXiv:1405.1377 (2014).

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