The backward orbit integrality conjecture for Lattés maps

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Let KK be a number field, let SS be a finite set of places of KK containing all archimedean places, and let ϕ:P1→P1\phi:\mathbb P^1\to\mathbb P^1 be a rational map of degree at least 22 defined over KK. For P,Q∈P1(K‾)P,Q\in\mathbb P^1(\overline K), write

ϕ−(P)=⋃n≥0ϕ−n(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 Q∈P1(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.

References

Primary source

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

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