Uniform dynamical-degree lower-bound conjecture for dominant rational maps

Let N1N\geq 1 and let f:PNPNf:\mathbb{P}^N\dashrightarrow\mathbb{P}^N be a dominant rational map. Its first dynamical degree is

δ(f)=limn(deg(fn))1/n.\delta(f)=\lim_{n\to\infty}\bigl(\deg(f^n)\bigr)^{1/n}.

Uniform dynamical-degree lower-bound conjecture. There exists a constant γN>0\gamma_N>0 such that, for all dominant rational maps f:PNPNf:\mathbb{P}^N\dashrightarrow\mathbb{P}^N,

δ(f)γNmin0k<Ndeg(fk+1)deg(fk).\delta(f)\geq\gamma_N\cdot\min_{0\leq k<N}\frac{\deg(f^{k+1})}{\deg(f^k)}.

For N=2N=2, an analogous inequality for birational maps is known with an absolute positive constant, but the stated generalization to all dimensions and dominant rational maps is posed as an open question.

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Joseph H. Silverman and Gregory Call, “Degeneration of Dynamical Degrees in Families of Maps”, arXiv:1609.02119 (2018).

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