Periodic-point uniform boundedness conjecture over number fields

Let Per(φ,P1(K))\operatorname{Per}(\varphi,\mathbb{P}^1(K)) denote the set of periodic points of a morphism φ:P1P1\varphi:\mathbb{P}^1\to\mathbb{P}^1 defined over a number field KK. Periodic-point uniform boundedness conjecture. Fix integers D1D\geq1 and d2d\geq2. There exists a constant C=C(D,d)C'=C'(D,d) such that, for every number field K/QK/\mathbb{Q} of degree at most DD and every morphism of degree dd defined over KK,

#Per(φ,P1(K))C.\#\operatorname{Per}(\varphi,\mathbb{P}^1(K))\leq C'.

This is the (D,1)(D,1)-version of the Morton–Silverman conjecture, obtained by counting periodic rather than all preperiodic points; it remains open.

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Brian Kintu, “Counting the number of n-periodic Z_p-and F_p[t]-points of a discrete dynamical system with applications from arithmetic statistics, VI”, arXiv:2511.00322 (2026).

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