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Given a generic polynomial $f(x)$, the generalized dynatomic polynomial $Phi_{f,c,d}(x)$ vanishes at precisely those $alpha$ such that $f^c(alpha)$ has period exactly $d$ under iteration of $f(x)$. We show that the shifted dynatomic polynomials $Phi_{f,c,d}(x) - 1$ often have generalized dynatomic factors, and that these factors are in correspondence with certain cyclotomic factors of necklace polynomials. These dynatomic factors of $Phi_{f,c,d}(x) - 1$ have an interpretation in terms of new multiplicative relations between dynamical units which are uniform in the polynomial $f(x)$.
Let $f in Q(z)$ be a polynomial or rational function of degree 2. A special case of Morton and Silvermans Dynamical Uniform Boundedness Conjecture states that the number of rational preperiodic points of $f$ is bounded above by an absolute constant. A related conjecture of Silverman states that the canonical height $hat{h}_f(x)$ of a non-preperiodic rational point $x$ is bounded below by a uniform multiple of the height of $f$ itself. We provide support for these conjectures by computing the set of preperiodic and small height rational points for a set of degree 2 maps far beyond the range of previous searches.
We give necessary and sufficient conditions for post-critically finite polynomials to have potential good reduction at a given prime. We also answer in the negative a question posed by Silverman about conservative polynomials. Both proofs rely on dynamical Belyi polynomials as exemplars of PCF (resp. conservative) maps.
Given an endomorphism of a projective variety, by intersecting the graph and the diagonal varieties we can determine the set of periodic points. In an effort to determine the periodic points of a given minimal period, we follow a construction similar to cyclotomic polynomials. The resulting zero-cycle is called a dynatomic cycle and the points in its support are called formal periodic points. This article gives a proof of the effectivity of dynatomic cycles for morphisms of projective varieties using methods from deformation theory.
Let f in Q[z] be a polynomial of degree d at least two. The associated canonical height hat{h}_f is a certain real-valued function on Q that returns zero precisely at preperiodic rational points of f. Morton and Silverman conjectured in 1994 that the number of such points is bounded above by a constant depending only on d. A related conjecture claims that at non-preperiodic rational points, hat{h}_f is bounded below by a positive constant (depending only on d) times some kind of height of f itself. In this paper, we provide support for these conjectures in the case d=3 by computing the set of small height points for several billion cubic polynomials.
Let $K$ be the function field of a smooth, irreducible curve defined over $overline{mathbb{Q}}$. Let $fin K[x]$ be of the form $f(x)=x^q+c$ where $q = p^{r}, r ge 1,$ is a power of the prime number $p$, and let $betain overline{K}$. For all $ninmathbb{N}cup{infty}$, the Galois groups $G_n(beta)=mathop{rm{Gal}}(K(f^{-n}(beta))/K(beta))$ embed into $[C_q]^n$, the $n$-fold wreath product of the cyclic group $C_q$. We show that if $f$ is not isotrivial, then $[[C_q]^infty:G_infty(beta)]<infty$ unless $beta$ is postcritical or periodic. We are also able to prove that if $f_1(x)=x^q+c_1$ and $f_2(x)=x^q+c_2$ are two such distinct polynomials, then the fields $bigcup_{n=1}^infty K(f_1^{-n}(beta))$ and $bigcup_{n=1}^infty K(f_2^{-n}(beta))$ are disjoint over a finite extension of $K$.