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Dynamical Cancellation of Polynomials

Number Theory 2023-02-03 v1 Algebraic Geometry Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Extending the work of Bell, Matsuzawa and Satriano, we consider a finite set of polynomials SS over a number field KK and give a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a NN>0N \in \mathbb{N}_{> 0} and a finite set ZPK1×PK1Z \subset \mathbb{P}^1_K \times \mathbb{P}^1_K such that for any (a,b)(PK1×PK1)Z(a,b) \in (\mathbb{P}^1_K \times \mathbb{P}^1_K) \setminus Z we have the cancellation result: if k>Nk>N and ϕ1,,ϕk\phi_1,\ldots ,\phi_k are maps in SS such that ϕkϕ1(a)=ϕkϕ1(b)\phi_{k} \circ \dots \circ \phi_1 (a) = \phi_k \circ \dots \circ \phi_1(b), then in fact ϕNϕ1(a)=ϕNϕ1(b)\phi_N \circ \dots \circ \phi_1(a) = \phi_N \circ \dots \circ \phi_1(b). Moreover, the conditions we give for this cancellation result to hold can be checked by a finite number of computations from the given set of polynomials.

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@article{arxiv.2302.01208,
  title  = {Dynamical Cancellation of Polynomials},
  author = {Xiao Zhong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.01208},
  year   = {2023}
}
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