arXiv · 1710.05278
Ample canonical heights for endomorphisms on projective varieties
Abstract
We define an "ample canonical height" for an endomorphism on a projective variety, which is essentially a generalization of the canonical heights for polarized endomorphisms introduced by Call--Silverman. We formulate a dynamical analogue of the Northcott finiteness theorem for ample canonical heights as a conjecture, and prove it for endomorphisms on varieties of small Picard numbers, abelian varieties, and surfaces. As applications, for the endomorphisms which satisfy the conjecture, we show the non-density of the set of preperiodic points over a fixed number field, and obtain a dynamical Mordell--Lang type result on the intersection of two Zariski dense orbits of two endomorphisms on a common variety.
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Takahiro Shibata. 2017-10-15. Ample canonical heights for endomorphisms on projective varieties. https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05278
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