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Overgroups of the arboreal representation of PCF polynomial

Number Theory 2025-06-03 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Consider a number field KK and a rational function ff of degree greater than 1 over KK. By taking preimages of αK\alpha\in K under successive iterates of ff, an infinite dd-ary tree TT_\infty rooted at α\alpha can be constructed. An edge is assigned between two preimages xx and yy if f(x)=yf(x)=y. The absolute Galois group of KK, acting on TT_\infty through tree automorphisms, generates a subgroup Galf(α)\text{Gal}_f^\infty(\alpha) in the group of all automorphisms of TT_\infty, Aut(T)\text{Aut}(T_\infty). We have discovered a new class of natural overgroups in which the image of the Galois representation attached to a PCF polynomial must reside. Moreover, we have found that the image of the Galois representation of a new PCF polynomial is isomorphic to one of these overgroups. We also investigate the structure of these overgroups for specific maps, such as normalized dynamical Belyi polynomials, and show that the normal subgroups of these overgroups form a unique chief series. This allows us to bound the number of generators through group-theoretic analysis.

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@article{arxiv.2506.00456,
  title  = {Overgroups of the arboreal representation of PCF polynomial},
  author = {Wayne Peng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.00456},
  year   = {2025}
}