Orbit propagation principles for rational points

Let KK) be a number field, let X/KX/K be a smooth projective variety, and let f:XXf:X\to X be an endomorphism defined over KK. For PXP\in X, write Of(P)={fn(P):n0}\mathcal{O}_f(P)=\{f^n(P):n\geq 0\}, let Ofgrand(P)={QX:Of(P)Of(Q)}\mathcal{O}_f^{\textup{grand}}(P)=\{Q\in X:\mathcal{O}_f(P)\cap\mathcal{O}_f(Q)\ne\emptyset\}, write PfQP\mathbin{\equiv_f}Q when their forward orbits meet, and set Xfdense={PX:Of(P)=X}X_f^{\textup{dense}}=\{P\in X:\overline{\mathcal{O}_f(P)}=X\}. Assume that X(K)X(K) has at least one Zariski dense ff-orbit. Then there is a finite extension K/KK'/K such that all of the following hold: Orbit propagation principles. For all P1,,PrX(K)P_1,\ldots,P_r\in X(K'), each of the complements of their union of forward orbits and of their union of grand orbits is Zariski dense in XX; X(K)X(K') contains a Zariski dense set of representatives for X(K)/fX(K')/\mathbin{\equiv_f}; and every set of representatives in X(K)X(K') for Xfdense(K)/fX_f^{\textup{dense}}(K')/\mathbin{\equiv_f} is Zariski dense in XX. These principles formalize the claim that one dense orbit propagates to many widely distributed rational orbits; the source presents them as conjectural propagation statements, and no resolution is supplied here.

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Hector Pasten and Joseph H. Silverman, “Propagation of Zariski Dense Orbits”, arXiv:2307.12097 (2024).

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