The same-degree positive-characteristic intersection-of-orbits conjecture

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Let KK be a field of characteristic pp, and let f,g∈K[x]f,g\in K[x] be polynomials of the same degree d≥2d\geq2. Suppose that there exist α,β∈K\alpha,\beta\in K such that fn(α)=gn(β)f^n(\alpha)=g^n(\beta) for infinitely many n∈Nn\in{\mathbb N}. A polynomial is additive if it satisfies h(x+y)=h(x)+h(y)h(x+y)=h(x)+h(y), and a polynomial is linearly conjugate to hh if it has the form λ−1∘h∘λ\lambda^{-1}\circ h\circ\lambda for a linear polynomial λ\lambda.

Same-degree intersection-of-orbits conjecture. At least one of the following holds: (1) there exists m∈Nm\in{\mathbb N} such that fm=gmf^m=g^m; or (2) there exist linear polynomials λ,μ∈K‾[x]\lambda,\mu\in\overline{K}[x] and additive polynomials f~,g~∈K‾[x]\widetilde f,\widetilde g\in\overline{K}[x] such that

f=λ−1∘f~∘λ,g=μ−1∘g~∘μ,f=\lambda^{-1}\circ\widetilde f\circ\lambda,\qquad g=\mu^{-1}\circ\widetilde g\circ\mu,

and there exists m∈Nm\in{\mathbb N} such that

f~m∘g~m=g~m∘f~m.\widetilde f^m\circ\widetilde g^m=\widetilde g^m\circ\widetilde f^m.

This is presented as the special case reducing the broader intersection-of-orbits conjecture; the source does not state a resolution of this special case.

References

Primary source

Simone Coccia, Dragos Ghioca, Jungin Lee and Gyeonghyeon Nam, “Intersection of orbits for polynomials in characteristic p”, arXiv:2408.06937 (2024).

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