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Proportion of periodic points in reduction of polynomials

Number Theory 2026-03-24 v1

Abstract

In 2014, Juul, Kurlberg, Madhu and Tucker asked the following: given KK a number field and ff a rational function with coefficients in KK, if fpf_\mathfrak{p} denotes the reduction of ff modulo a prime ideal p\mathfrak{p} in the ring of integers of KK, what is the limit inferior of the proportion of periodic points of fpf_\mathfrak{p} when the norm of p\mathfrak{p} goes to infinity? Recent results of Fari\~na-Asategui and the author show that when ff is a polynomial of degree d2d \geq 2 non-linearly conjugate over C\mathbb{C} to a Chebyshev polynomial then the limit is zero. In this article, we address the remaining cases to give a complete classification of the problem in the case of polynomials.

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@article{arxiv.2603.21620,
  title  = {Proportion of periodic points in reduction of polynomials},
  author = {Santiago Radi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.21620},
  year   = {2026}
}

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