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On the dynamical Galois group of certain affine polynomials in positive characteristic

Number Theory 2026-02-13 v1

Abstract

We use explicit class field theory of rational function fields to prove a dynamical criterion for a polynomial of the form xpr+ax+bx^{p^r}+ax+b over a field of characteristic pp to have dynamical Galois group as large as possible. When p=2p=2 and r=1r=1 this yields an analogue in characteristic 22 of the celebrated criterion of Stoll for quadratic polynomials over fields of characteristic not 22.

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@article{arxiv.2602.12213,
  title  = {On the dynamical Galois group of certain affine polynomials in positive characteristic},
  author = {Andrea Ferraguti and Guido Maria Lido},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.12213},
  year   = {2026}
}