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On the dynamics of endomorphisms of affine surfaces

Algebraic Geometry 2024-02-07 v2 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

In [FJ07], Favre and Jonsson developed tools from valuative theory to study the dynamics of a dominant endomorphism of the complex affine plane. We extend this theory to the case of any affine surface, over any field. We give a new method to construct an eigenvaluation of an endomorphism. We generalize the result of Favre and Jonsson and show that the first dynamical degree of a dominant endomorphism of anormal affine surface is an algebraic integer of degree at most 2. Plus, we obtain a new result of rigidity. The set of first dynamical degrees of loxodromic automorphisms of a given affine surface must be contained in the set of integers or in the set of algebraic numbers of degree 2.

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@article{arxiv.2311.18381,
  title  = {On the dynamics of endomorphisms of affine surfaces},
  author = {Marc Abboud},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.18381},
  year   = {2024}
}