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Mathematical Research Letters
Volume 19 (2012)
Number 6
Canonical heights for plane polynomial maps of small topological degree
Pages: 1207 – 1217
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/MRL.2012.v19.n6.a3
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Abstract
We study canonical heights for plane polynomial mappings of small topological degree. In particular, we prove that for points of canonical height zero, the arithmetic degree is bounded by the topological degree and hence strictly smaller than the first dynamical degree. The proof uses the existence, proved by Favre and the first author, of certain compactifications of the plane adapted to the dynamics.
Keywords
canonical height, dynamical degrees, polynomial mappings, compactifications, arithmetic dynamics
2010 Mathematics Subject Classification
Primary 37P30. Secondary 11G50, 37P15.
Published 18 July 2013