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Xiao Zhong 
           
Preimages question for surjective endomorphisms on (P1)n 
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                March 31, 2025. | 
               
              
                | Keywords: | 
                Preimages Question, invariant subvarieties, arithmetic dynamics, rational points on varieties. | 
               
              
                | Subject [2020]: | 
                37P55, 14G05. | 
               
              
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			  Abstract
			  
Let K be a number field and let f : (P1)n --> 
(P1)n be a dominant endomorphism defined over K. We show that 
if V is an f-invariant subvariety (that is, f(V)=V) then there is a positive integer 
s0 such that (f-s-1(V) \ f-s(V))(K) is empty for 
every integer s greater than or equal to s0, answering the Preimages 
Question of Matsuzawa, Meng, Shibata, and Zhang in the case of (P1)n.
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			  | Acknowledgements
	 The author was supported in part by NSERC grant RGPIN-2022-02951.
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			  | Author information
 
Xiao Zhong 
University of Waterloo 
Department of Pure Mathematics  
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada 
x48zhong@uwaterloo.ca 
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