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Cubic post-critically finite polynomials defined over $\mathbb{Q}$

Number Theory 2020-06-18 v2 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We describe and implement an algorithm to find all post-critically finite (PCF) cubic polynomials defined over Q\mathbb{Q}, up to conjugacy over PGL2(Qˉ)\text{PGL}_2(\bar{\mathbb{Q}}). We describe normal forms that classify equivalence classes of cubic polynomials while respecting the field of definition. Applying known bounds on the coefficients of post-critically bounded polynomials to these normal forms simultaneously at all places of Q\mathbb{Q}, we create a finite search space of cubic polynomials over Q\mathbb{Q} that may be PCF. Using a computer search of these possibly PCF cubic polynomials, we find fifteen which are in fact PCF.

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@article{arxiv.2001.10471,
  title  = {Cubic post-critically finite polynomials defined over $\mathbb{Q}$},
  author = {Jacqueline Anderson and Michelle Manes and Bella Tobin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.10471},
  year   = {2020}
}

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14 pages

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