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A Remark on the Effective Mordell Conjecture and Rational Pre-Images under Quadratic Dynamical Systems

Number Theory 2010-02-08 v3 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Fix a rational basepoint b and a rational number c. For the quadratic dynamical system f_c(x) = x^2+c, it has been shown that the number of rational points in the backward orbit of b is bounded independent of the choice of rational parameter c. In this short note we investigate the dependence of the bound on the basepoint b, assuming a strong form of the Mordell Conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.0907.4365,
  title  = {A Remark on the Effective Mordell Conjecture and Rational Pre-Images under Quadratic Dynamical Systems},
  author = {X. W. C. Faber},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.4365},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

5 pages; Final version to appear in Comptes Rendus Mathematique