Generalized Fermat's conjecture for compatible systems of endomorphisms

Let KK be an arithmetic function field equipped with a proper adelic structure having Northcott's property, let XX be a geometrically integral projective scheme over KK, let LL be an ample line bundle on XX, and let F={fN}N=N0F=\{f_N\}_{N=N_0}^{\infty} be a system of endomorphisms compatible with LL. Let hFh_F be its height function, let YY be an equidimensional subscheme of XX, and set YN=fN1(Y)Y_N=f_N^{-1}(Y). We say that YNY_N has Fermat's property over KK when

YN(K){xX(K)hF(x)=0}.Y_N(K)\subseteq\{x\in X(K)\mid h_F(x)=0\}.

Generalized Fermat's conjecture. If there is N1N0N_1\geqslant N_0 such that YN(K)Y_N(K) is finite for every integer NN1N\geqslant N_1, then there exists N2N0N_2\geqslant N_0 such that YNY_N has Fermat's property over KK for every NN2N\geqslant N_2.

This proposes that eventual finiteness of the rational points on the inverse images forces those points to have canonical height zero. The paper presents it as a conjecture and gives evidence; the supplied material does not establish a general resolution.

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Atsushi Moriwaki, “Arithmetic dynamics and Generalized Fermat's conjecture”, arXiv:2601.08207 (2026).

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