Geometric divisibility sequence constancy conjecture for higher-dimensional semiabelian groups

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Let G/Z\mathcal{G}/\mathbb{Z} be a group scheme, let PG(Z)\mathcal{P}\in\mathcal{G}(\mathbb{Z}) be a Z\mathbb{Z}-valued point, and assume that

  1. the generic fiber G=G×ZQG=\mathcal{G}\times_{\mathbb{Z}}\mathbb{Q} is an irreducible commutative algebraic group of dimension at least 22 with no unipotent part;
  2. if PG(Q)P\in G(\mathbb{Q}) is the restriction of P\mathcal{P} to the generic fiber, then the subgroup ZP\mathbb{Z}P generated by PP is Zariski dense in GG.

Geometric divisibility sequence conjecture. The geometric divisibility sequence (DnP)n1(D_{n\mathcal{P}})_{n\geq 1} corresponding to P\mathcal{P} satisfies

DnP=DPD_{n\mathcal{P}}=D_{\mathcal{P}}

for infinitely many integers n1n\geq 1. This extends the type of recurrence predicted by the Ailon–Rudnick conjecture to higher-dimensional commutative algebraic groups without unipotent parts; the assertion is presented as a conjecture and no resolution is given in the source.

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Primary source

Joseph H. Silverman, “Generalized Greatest Common Divisors, Divisibility Sequences, and Vojta's Conjecture for Blowups”, arXiv:math/0407415 (2004).

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