Baker's conjecture on S-integral preperiodic points

Let KK be a number field, and let SS be a finite set of places of KK containing all archimedean places. Let φ:PK1PK1\varphi:\mathbb{P}_K^{1}\to\mathbb{P}_K^{1} be a nonconstant rational function of degree d2d\geq 2, and let αP1(K)\alpha\in\mathbb{P}^{1}(K) be non-preperiodic for φ\varphi. A point βP1(Kˉ)\beta\in\mathbb{P}^{1}(\bar{K}) is SS-integral with respect to α\alpha if no conjugate of β\beta meets any conjugate of α\alpha at primes lying outside SS. Baker's conjecture. There are at most finitely many preperiodic points βP1(Kˉ)\beta\in\mathbb{P}^{1}(\bar{K}) that are SS-integral with respect to α\alpha. The conjecture predicts finiteness of integral relations between preperiodic points and a non-preperiodic point for rational maps; the paper proves uniformity results for Chebyshev polynomials, while the general statement remains open.

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Rudranarayan Padhy and Sudhansu Sekhar Rout, “Uniform bounds on S-integral preperiodic points for chebyshev polynomials”, arXiv:2410.00937 (2024).

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