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Discreteness of postcritically finite maps in p-adic moduli space

Number Theory 2020-06-01 v2 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Let p2p \geq 2 be a prime number and let Cp\mathbb{C}_p be the completion of an algebraic closure of the pp-adic rational field Qp\mathbb{Q}_p. Let fc(z)f_c(z) be a one-parameter family of rational functions of degree d2d\geq 2, where the coefficients are meromorphic functions defined at all parameters cc in some open disk DCpD\subseteq\mathbb{C}_p. Assuming an appropriate stability condition, we prove that the parameters cc for which fcf_c is postcritically finite (PCF) are isolated from one another in the pp-adic disk DD, except in certain trivial cases. In particular, all PCF parameters of the family fc(z)=zd+cf_c(z)=z^d+c are pp-adically isolated.

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@article{arxiv.2005.04656,
  title  = {Discreteness of postcritically finite maps in p-adic moduli space},
  author = {Robert L. Benedetto and Su-Ion Ih},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.04656},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

22 pages. Added Examples 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 to illustrate the necessity of certain assumptions in our main theorems