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Rational Preperiodic Points of Quadratic Rational Maps over $\mathbb{Q}$ with Nonabelian Automorphism Groups

Number Theory 2026-03-18 v2 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Let f:P1P1f:\mathbb{P}^1\rightarrow\mathbb{P}^1 be a quadratic rational map defined over the rational field Q\mathbb{Q} with nonabelian automorphism group. We prove that no such map has a Q\mathbb{Q}-rational periodic point with exact period N4N\ge 4. We also give an explicit parametrization of such maps that have Q\mathbb{Q}-rational periodic points of period 11, 22, and 33. Consequently, we show that the number of Q\mathbb{Q}-rational preperiodic points of such a map is at most 66; establishing Morton-Silverman Uniform Boundedness Conjecture for this family of quadratic rational maps. As a result, we completely classify all portraits of Q\mathbb{Q}-rational preperiodic points for such ff showing that there are exactly 55 such portraits.

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@article{arxiv.2603.06203,
  title  = {Rational Preperiodic Points of Quadratic Rational Maps over $\mathbb{Q}$ with Nonabelian Automorphism Groups},
  author = {Hasan Bilgili and Mohammad Sadek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.06203},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

16 pages. Includes 6 directed graphs of preperiodic orbits