Baker's conjecture on S-integral preperiodic points

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Let KK be a number field, and let SS be a finite set of places of KK containing all archimedean places. Let φ:PK1→PK1\varphi:\mathbb{P}_K^{1}\to\mathbb{P}_K^{1} be a nonconstant rational function of degree d≥2d\geq 2, and let α∈P1(K)\alpha\in\mathbb{P}^{1}(K) be non-preperiodic for φ\varphi. A point β∈P1(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 β∈P1(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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