Intersection of orbits for polynomials in characteristic $p$
Abstract
In [GTZ08, GTZ12], the following result was established: given polynomials of degrees larger than , if there exist such that their corresponding orbits and (under the action of , respectively of ) intersect in infinitely many points, then and must share a common iterate, i.e., for some . If one replaces with a field of characteristic , then the conclusion fails; we provide numerous examples showing the complexity of the problem over a field of positive characteristic. We advance a modified conjecture regarding polynomials and which admit two orbits with infinite intersection over a field of characteristic . Then we present various partial results, along with connections with another deep conjecture in the area, the dynamical Mordell-Lang conjecture.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2408.06937,
title = {Intersection of orbits for polynomials in characteristic $p$},
author = {Simone Coccia and Dragos Ghioca and Jungin Lee and Gyeonghyeon Nam},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.06937},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
13 pages, comments welcome