Morton–Silverman uniform boundedness conjecture for preperiodic points

Let d2d\geq 2, N1N\geq 1, and let kk be a number field. Define

Preper(f,k)={xPN(k):x is f-preperiodic}.{\rm Preper}(f,k)=\left\{x\in {\mathbb P}^N(k):x\text{ is $f$-preperiodic}\right\}.

Morton–Silverman conjecture. There exists a constant C=C(d,N,[k:Q])>0C=C(d,N,[k:{\mathbb Q}])>0 such that every degree dd endomorphism ff of PN{\mathbb P}^N over kk satisfies

#Preper(f,k)C.\# {\rm Preper}(f,k)\leq C.

This is the number-field analogue of the geometric uniform boundedness conjecture. The source discusses substantial partial results and explicit bounds in special families, while the general statement remains open.

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Primary source

Zhuchao Ji and Junyi Xie, “Genus and Gonality of Small Curves, Dynamical Uniform Boundedness, and Bifurcation”, arXiv:2607.12561 (2026).

Additional references

38 papers in this index state this conjecture (1995–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2606.14468, arXiv:2601.11482, arXiv:2511.00322, arXiv:2508.16393, arXiv:2507.08601, arXiv:2505.24565, arXiv:2503.11393, arXiv:2501.04026, arXiv:2409.18074, arXiv:2401.11309, arXiv:2301.00510, arXiv:2206.12154, and 25 more.

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