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On sets of rational functions which locally represent all of $\mathbb{Q}$

Number Theory 2024-08-19 v2

Abstract

We investigate finite sets of rational functions {f1,f2,,fr}\{ f_{1},f_{2}, \dots, f_{r} \} defined over some number field KK satisfying that any t0Kt_{0} \in K is a KpK_{p}-value of one of the functions fif_{i} for almost all primes pp of KK. We give strong necessary conditions on the shape of functions appearing in a minimal set with this property, as well as numerous concrete examples showing that these necessary conditions are in a way also close to sufficient. We connect the problem to well-studied concepts such as intersective polynomials and arithmetically exceptional functions.

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@article{arxiv.2306.12630,
  title  = {On sets of rational functions which locally represent all of $\mathbb{Q}$},
  author = {Benjamin Klahn and Joachim König},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.12630},
  year   = {2024}
}

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