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A Tits alternative for rational functions

Number Theory 2021-03-19 v1 Algebraic Geometry Group Theory

Abstract

We prove an analog of the Tits alternative for rational functions. In particular, we show that if SS is a finitely generated semigroup of rational functions over the complex numbers, then either SS has polynomially bounded growth or SS contains a nonabelian free semigroup. We also show that if f and g are polarizable maps over any field that do not have the same set of preperiodic points, then the semigroup generated by f and g contains a nonabelian free semigroup.

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@article{arxiv.2103.09994,
  title  = {A Tits alternative for rational functions},
  author = {Jason P. Bell and Keping Huang and Wayne Peng and Thomas J. Tucker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.09994},
  year   = {2021}
}

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16 pages

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