Galois groups and prime divisors in random quadratic sequences
Abstract
Given a set defined over a field and an infinite sequence of elements of , one can associate an arboreal representation to , generalizing the case of iterating a single polynomial. We study the probability that a random sequence produces a ``large-image'' representation, meaning that infinitely many subquotients in the natural filtration are maximal. We prove that this probability is positive for most sets defined over , and we conjecture a similar positive-probability result for suitable sets over . As an application of large-image representations, we prove a density-zero result for the set of prime divisors of some associated quadratic sequences. We also consider the stronger condition of the representation being finite-index, and we classify all possessing a particular kind of obstruction that generalizes the post-critically finite case in single-polynomial iteration.
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@article{arxiv.2108.11233,
title = {Galois groups and prime divisors in random quadratic sequences},
author = {John R. Doyle and Vivian Olsiewski Healey and Wade Hindes and Rafe Jones},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.11233},
year = {2023}
}
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22 pages