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The Mordell-Lang conjecture (proven by Faltings, Vojta and McQuillan) states that the intersection of a subvariety $V$ of a semiabelian variety $G$ defined over an algebraically closed field $\mathbb{k}$ of characteristic $0$ with a finite…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-01-01 Dragos Ghioca , Fei Hu , Thomas Scanlon , Umberto Zannier

We ask questions generalizing uniform versions of conjectures of Mordell and Lang and combining them with the Morton--Silverman conjecture on preperiodic points. We prove a few results relating different versions of such questions.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-07-04 Bjorn Poonen

We show that if $\phi : X \to X$ is an automorphism of a smooth projective variety and $D \subset X$ is an irreducible divisor for which the set of $d$ in $D$ with $\phi^n(d)$ in $D$ for some nonzero $n$ is not Zariski dense, then $(X,…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2016-04-29 John Lesieutre , Daniel Litt

We prove that if $K$ is a complete algebraically closed non-archimedian valuation field of positive characteristic and $f$ is an endomorphism of $\mathbb{P}_{K}^{N}$ which is totally inseparable and behaves as the Frobenius on the special…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-02-03 She Yang

We study an open question at the interplay between the classical and the dynamical Mordell-Lang conjectures in positive characteristic. Let $K$ be an algebraically closed field of positive characteristic, let $G$ be a finitely generated…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-05-06 Jason Bell , Dragos Ghioca

We classify the sets of natural numbers $n$ for which certain dynamical systems $(X,f)$ on a compact metric space $X$ have a periodic point of (least) period $n$. Interest in this question dates back to Sharkovskii's theorem for continuous…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Huub de Jong

We study algebraic varieties parametrized by topological spaces and enlarge the domains of Lawson homology and morphic cohomology to this category. We prove a Lawson suspension theorem and splitting theorem. A version of Friedlander-Lawson…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2012-01-04 J. H. Teh

The degree sequence of the algebraic numbers in an algebraic linear recurrence sequence is shown to be virtually periodic. This is proved using the Skolem-Mahler-Lech theorem. It has applications to the degree sequence and the minimal…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-10-01 Daqing Wan , Hang Yin

In \cite{NZ25}, the authors resolved the rational function analogue of the finiteness results for greatest common divisors of iterates of polynomials established in \cite{HT17}. These results may be viewed as dynamical generalizations of a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-23 She Yang , Xiao Zhong

The isotrivial Mordell-Lang theorem of Moosa and Scanlon describes the set $X\cap\Gamma$ when $X$ is a subvariety of a semiabelian variety $G$ over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$ and $\Gamma$ is a finitely generated subgroup of $G$ that is…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-10-28 Jason Bell , Dragos Ghioca , Rahim Moosa

We prove a uniform version of the Dynamical Mordell-Lang Conjecture for \'etale maps; also, we obtain a gap result for the growth rate of heights of points in an orbit along an arbitrary endomorphism of a quasiprojective variety defined…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-06-21 Jason Bell , Dragos Ghioca , Matthew Satriano

We formulate a conjecture for semiabelian varieties A over number fields that includes both the Mordell-Lang conjecture (now proven) and the Bogomolov conjecture. We prove the "Mordellic" (finitely generated) part of the conjecture when A…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-04-03 Bjorn Poonen

In some particular cases we give criteria for morphic sequences to be almost periodic (=uniformly recurrent). Namely, we deal with fixed points of non-erasing morphisms and with automatic sequences. In both cases a polynomial-time algorithm…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Yuri Pritykin

We prove that the existence of an automorphism of finite order on a (defined over a number field) variety X implies the existence of algebraic linear relations between the logarithm of certain periods of X and the logarithm of special…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 V. Maillot , D. Roessler

We give a complete proof for the implication from the Manin-Mumford conjecture to the Mordell-Lang conjecture in positive characteristic, using integral models of semi-abelian varieties over a ring of formal power series, and the machinery…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2012-12-21 Cyrille Corpet

The left-invariant sub-Riemannian problem on the group of motions of a plane is considered. Sub-Riemannian geodesics are parametrized by Jacobi's functions. Discrete symmetries of the problem generated by reflections of pendulum are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2008-07-31 I. Moiseev , Yu. L. Sachkov

We prove that if nonlinear complex polynomials of the same degree have orbits with infinite intersection, then the polynomials have a common iterate. We also prove a special case of a conjectured dynamical analogue of the Mordell-Lang…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2009-11-13 Dragos Ghioca , Thomas J. Tucker , Michael E. Zieve

The classical notion of a k-automatic subset of the natural numbers is here extended to that of an F-automatic subset of an arbitrary finitely generated abelian group $\Gamma$ equipped with an arbitrary endomorphism F. This is applied to…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-07-10 Jason Bell , Rahim Moosa

The aim of this short note is to extend results by Denef and Loughran, Skorobogatov, Smeets concerning refinements of a conjecture of Colliot-Thelene. The problem is about giving necessary and sufficient conditions for morphisms of…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-10-04 Florian Pop

Given $X$ a smooth projective toric variety, we construct a morphism from a closed substack of the moduli space of stable maps to $X$ to the moduli space of quasimaps to $X$. If $X$ is Fano, we show that this morphism is surjective. The…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Alberto Cobos Rabano