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Density of orbits of endomorphisms of abelian varieties

Number Theory 2014-12-08 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let AA be an abelian variety defined over Qˉ\bar{\mathbb{Q}}, and let φ\varphi be a dominant endomorphism of AA as an algebraic variety. We prove that either there exists a non-constant rational fibration preserved by φ\varphi, or there exists a point xA(Qˉ)x\in A(\bar{\mathbb{Q}}) whose φ\varphi-orbit is Zariski dense in AA. This provides a positive answer for abelian varieties of a question raised by Medvedev and the second author ("nvariant varieties for polynomial dynamical systems", Ann. of Math. (2) 179 (2014), no. 1, 81-177). We prove also a stronger statement of this result in which φ\varphi is replaced by any commutative finitely generated monoid of dominant endomorphisms of AA.

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@article{arxiv.1412.2029,
  title  = {Density of orbits of endomorphisms of abelian varieties},
  author = {Dragos Ghioca and Thomas Scanlon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.2029},
  year   = {2014}
}