The Skolem–Mahler–Lech conjecture with dynamically varying coefficients

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Let l1l\geq 1, let g,aiC(x)g,a_i\in\mathbb{C}(x) for i=0,,l1i=0,\dots,l-1, and let αC\alpha\in\mathbb{C} satisfy ai(gn(α))a_i(g^n(\alpha))\neq\infty for every i=0,,l1i=0,\dots,l-1 and n0n\geq 0. Let {An}n0\{A_n\}_{n\geq 0} be a recurrence sequence satisfying

An+l=i=0l1ai(gn(α))An+iA_{n+l}=\sum_{i=0}^{l-1}a_i(g^n(\alpha))A_{n+i}

for all n0n\geq 0. The dynamically varying-coefficient Skolem–Mahler–Lech conjecture. The zero set

{n0An=0}\{n\geq 0\mid A_n=0\}

is a union of at most finitely many arithmetic progressions. This generalizes the classical theorem by allowing coefficients generated along an orbit of a rational function; its status is left open in the source.

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Primary source

Junyi Xie, “Around the dynamical Mordell-Lang conjecture”, arXiv:2307.05885 (2023).

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