The classical Zariski dense orbit conjecture

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Let XX be a quasiprojective variety defined over an algebraically closed field KK of characteristic 00, and let Φ:X⇢X\Phi:X\dashrightarrow X be a dominant rational self-map. An orbit is well-defined when every iterate avoids the indeterminacy locus of Φ\Phi.

Zariski dense orbit conjecture. Either there exists α∈X(K)\alpha\in X(K) whose orbit under Φ\Phi is well-defined and Zariski dense in XX, or there exists a non-constant rational function f:X⇢P1f:X\dashrightarrow {\mathbb P}^1 such that f∘Φ=ff\circ\Phi=f.

This conjecture was formulated by Medvedev and Scanlon and independently by Amerik and Campana, and has several partial results. Its status in full generality remains open.

References

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Dragos Ghioca and Sina Saleh, “Zariski dense orbits for regular self-maps of split semiabelian varieties in positive characteristic”, arXiv:2108.06732 (2021).

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