The average number of integral points in orbits
Number Theory
2017-10-11 v3
Abstract
Over a number field , a celebrated result of Silverman states that if is a rational function whose second iterate is not a polynomial, the set of -integral points in the orbit is finite for all . In this paper, we show that if we vary and in a suitable family, the number of -integral points in is absolutely bounded. In particular, if we fix and vary the basepoint , then we show that is zero on average. Finally, we prove a zero-average result in general, assuming a standard height uniformity conjecture in arithmetic geometry.
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@article{arxiv.1509.00752,
title = {The average number of integral points in orbits},
author = {Wade Hindes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.00752},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
We strengthen the main result to non-isotrivial families