Morton–Silverman uniform boundedness conjecture for preperiodic points

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Let d≥2d\geq 2, N≥1N\geq 1, and let kk be a number field. Define

Preper(f,k)={x∈PN(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.

References

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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