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Variation of canonical heights of subvarieties for polarized endomorphisms

Number Theory 2023-07-24 v1 Algebraic Geometry Dynamical Systems

Abstract

When an endomorphism f:XXf:X\to X of a projective variety which is polarized by an ample line bundle LL, i.e. such that fLLdf^*L\simeq L^{\otimes d} with d2d\geq2, is defined over a number field, Call and Silverman defined a canonical height h^f\widehat{h}_f for ff. In a family (X,f,L)(\mathcal{X},\mathcal{f},\mathcal{L}) parametrized by a curve SS together with a section P:SXP:S\to \mathcal{X}, they show that h^ft(P(t))/h(t)\widehat{h}_{f_t}(P(t))/h(t) converges to the height h^fη(Pη)\widehat{h}_{f_\eta}(P_\eta) on the generic fiber. In the present paper, we prove the equivalent statement when studying the variation of canonical heights of subvarieties YtY_t varying in a family Y\mathcal{Y} of any relative dimension.

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@article{arxiv.2307.11243,
  title  = {Variation of canonical heights of subvarieties for polarized endomorphisms},
  author = {Thomas Gauthier and Gabriel Vigny},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.11243},
  year   = {2023}
}

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