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Density of orbits of endomorphisms of commutative linear algebraic groups

Number Theory 2018-10-04 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We prove a conjecture of Medvedev and Scanlon for endomorphisms of connected commutative linear algebraic groups GG defined over an algebraically closed field k\mathbb{k} of characteristic 00. That is, if Φ ⁣:GG\Phi\colon G\longrightarrow G is a dominant endomorphism, we prove that one of the following holds: either there exists a non-constant rational function fk(G)f\in \mathbb{k}(G) preserved by Φ\Phi (i.e., fΦ=ff\circ \Phi = f), or there exists a point xG(k)x\in G(\mathbb{k}) whose Φ\Phi-orbit is Zariski dense in GG.

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@article{arxiv.1803.03928,
  title  = {Density of orbits of endomorphisms of commutative linear algebraic groups},
  author = {Dragos Ghioca and Fei Hu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.03928},
  year   = {2018}
}

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New York Journal of Mathematics (to appear)