Sparsity of postcritically finite maps of \mathbb{P}^k and beyond: A complex analytic approach

Authors Thomas Gauthier, Johan Taflin, Gabriel Vigny

Publication date 3 May 2023

Abstract: An endomorphism

f : m a t h b b P^{k} o m a t h b b P^{k}

of degree

d g e q 2

is said to be postcritically finite (or PCF) if its critical set

m a t h r m C r i t (f)

is preperiodic, i.e. if there are integers

m > n g e q 0

such that

f^{m} (m a t h r m C r i t (f)) s u b s e t e q f^{n} (m a t h r m C r i t (f))

. When

k g e q 2

, it was conjectured by Ingram, Ramadas and Silverman that, in the space

m a t h r m {E n d}_{d}^{k}

of all endomorphisms of degree

d

of

m a t h b b P^{k}

, such endomorphisms are not Zariski dense. We prove this conjecture. Further, in the space

m a t h r m {P o l y}_{d}^{2}

of all regular polynomial endomorphisms of degree

d g e q 2

of the affine plane

m a t h b b A^{2}

, we construct a dense and Zariski open subset where we have a uniform bound on the number of preperiodic points lying in the critical set. The proofs are a combination of the theory of heights in arithmetic dynamics and methods from real dynamics to produce open subsets with maximal bifurcation.

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