Bad reduction of rational maps
Date: Thu, Feb 13, 2025
Location: PIMS, University of Calgary
Conference: UCalgary Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
Subject: Mathematics, Algebraic Geometry, Number Theory
Class: Scientific
Abstract:
We show that the reduction of a projective endomorphism modulo a discrete valuation naturally takes the form of a set-theoretic correspondence. This raises the possibility of classifying "reduction types" of such dynamical systems, reminiscent of the additive/multiplicative dichotomy for elliptic curves. These correspondences facilitate the exact evaluation of certain integrals of dynamical Green's functions, which arise as local factors in the context of counting rational points ordered by the Call-Silverman canonical height. No prior knowledge of arithmetic dynamics will be assumed.