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Article #63Re: decidability and dynamical systems
From: Curtis T. McMullen
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 05:04
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 05:04
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This answer is yes (it is decidable) for a large class of algebraic endomorphisms of varieties where everything is defined over the rationals. For example, let f(x) = x^2 + c where c is rational. Define the height of a rational number p/q (where (p,q)=1) as h(p/q) = log max(1,|p|,|q|). Then it is easy to see that for x rational, h(f(x)) = 2 h(x) + O(1) (the implied constant depends on c). This gives an a prior bound on the height of all rational points with finite forward orbits, thus a bound on the number of such points, and also on the size of their forward orbits. References: J. Silverman, Rational points on K3 surfaces: A new canonical height. Invent. math. 105 (1991), 347-373. G. Call and J. Silverman, Canonical heights on varieties with morphisms. Preprint 1992.
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Newsgroups: sci.math.research Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet From: ctm@math.Berkeley.EDU (Curtis T. McMullen) Subject: Re: decidability and dynamical systems References: <Bu9B1J.H8E@ens-lyon.fr> Nntp-Posting-Host: math.berkeley.edu Message-ID: <18ml1dINN8sj@agate.berkeley.edu> Sender: Daniel Grayson <dan@math.uiuc.edu> X-Submissions-To: sci-math-research@uiuc.edu Organization: U.C. Berkeley Math. Department. X-Administrivia-To: sci-math-research-request@uiuc.edu Approved: Daniel Grayson <dan@math.uiuc.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 05:04:45 GMT Lines: 17