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Polynomials with Surjective Arboreal Galois Representations Exist in Every Degree

Number Theory 2018-03-13 v2

Abstract

Let~EE be a Hilbertian field of characteristic~00. R.W.K. Odoni conjectured that for every positive integer~nn there exists a polynomial~fE[X]f\in E[X] of degree~nn such that each iterate~fkf^{\circ{k}} of~ff is irreducible and the Galois group of the splitting field of~fkf^{\circ k} is isomorphic to the automorphism group of a regular,~nn-branching tree of height~k.k. We prove this conjecture when~EE is a number field.

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@article{arxiv.1803.00434,
  title  = {Polynomials with Surjective Arboreal Galois Representations Exist in Every Degree},
  author = {Joel Specter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.00434},
  year   = {2018}
}
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