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Fixed point proportions for Galois groups of non-geometric iterated extensions

Number Theory 2018-05-25 v4

Abstract

Given a map φ:P1P1\varphi:\mathbb{P}^1\rightarrow \mathbb{P}^1 of degree greater than 1 defined over a number field kk, one can define a map φp:P1(ok/p)P1(ok/p)\varphi_\mathfrak{p}:\mathbb{P}^1(\mathfrak{o}_k/\mathfrak{p})\rightarrow \mathbb{P}^1(\mathfrak{o}_k/\mathfrak{p}) for each prime p\mathfrak{p} of good reduction, induced by reduction modulo p\mathfrak{p}. It has been shown that for a typical φ\varphi the proportion of periodic points of φp\varphi_\mathfrak{p} should tend to 00 as P1(ok/p)|\mathbb{P}^1(\mathfrak{o}_k/\mathfrak{p})| grows. In this paper, we extend previous results to include a weaker set of sufficient conditions under which this property holds. We are also able to show that these conditions are necessary for certain families of functions, for example, functions of the form φ(x)=xd+c\varphi(x)=x^d+c, where 00 is not a preperiodic point of this map. We study the proportion of periodic points by looking at the fixed point proportion of the Galois groups of certain extensions associated to iterates of the map.

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@article{arxiv.1603.06103,
  title  = {Fixed point proportions for Galois groups of non-geometric iterated extensions},
  author = {Jamie Juul},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.06103},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

This article draws heavily from arXiv:1410.3378