The backward orbit integrality conjecture for Lattés maps

Let KK be a number field, let SS be a finite set of places of KK containing all archimedean places, and let ϕ:P1P1\phi:\mathbb P^1\to\mathbb P^1 be a rational map of degree at least 22 defined over KK. For P,QP1(K)P,Q\in\mathbb P^1(\overline K), write

ϕ(P)=n0ϕn(P)\phi^-(P)=\bigcup_{n\geq 0}\phi^{-n}(P)

for the backward orbit of PP, and call QQ ϕ\phi-preperiodic if its forward orbit under ϕ\phi is finite.

Backward orbit integrality conjecture. If QP1(K)Q\in\mathbb P^1(\overline K) is not ϕ\phi-preperiodic, then ϕ(P)\phi^-(P) contains at most finitely many points in P1(K)\mathbb P^1(\overline K) which are SS-integral relative to QQ.

This conjecture predicts finiteness of SS-integral points in backward orbits, extending the corresponding finiteness result for forward orbits. The paper's abstract and introduction state that the conjecture is proved for Lattés maps.

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Primary source

Vijay A. Sookdeo, “Backward Orbit Conjecture for Lattés Maps”, arXiv:1405.1952 (2015).

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