Silverman's height comparison conjecture for rational maps

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For an individual rational function f∈Rat⁡d(k)f\in\operatorname{Rat}_d(k), let hcrit⁡,Qh_{\operatorname{crit},\mathbb{Q}} be the critical height on the moduli space Md\mathrm{M}_d, and let hMd,D,Qh_{\mathrm{M}_d,D,\mathbb{Q}} be the height associated with a divisor DD. Let Ld\mathrm{L}_d denote the flexible Lattès locus in Md\mathrm{M}_d. Silverman's conjecture. There are constants A1,A2>0A_1,A_2>0 and B1,B2∈RB_1,B_2\in\mathbb{R} such that

A1⋅hMd,D,Q+B1≤hcrit⁡,Q≤A2⋅hMd,D,Q+B2A_1\cdot h_{\mathrm{M}_d,D,\mathbb{Q}}+B_1\le h_{\operatorname{crit},\mathbb{Q}}\le A_2\cdot h_{\mathrm{M}_d,D,\mathbb{Q}}+B_2

on (Md∖Ld)(Q‾)(\mathrm{M}_d\setminus\mathrm{L}_d)(\overline{\mathbb{Q}}). The conjecture gives a two-sided comparison between the critical height and a moduli-space height away from the flexible Lattès locus; the lower bound was later established by Ingram, and the supplied source evidence states that the conjecture was answered effectively by Gauthier, Okuyama, and Vigny.

References

Primary source

Yûsuke Okuyama, “A dynamical system over a non-archimedean field”, arXiv:2310.01052 (2023).

Additional references

5 papers in this index state this conjecture (2011–2023). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2207.07206, arXiv:1709.08121, arXiv:1312.0491, arXiv:1109.6076.

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