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Unlikely intersections over finite fields: polynomial orbits in small subgroups

Number Theory 2019-09-12 v2 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We estimate the frequency of polynomial iterations which falls in a given multiplicative subgroup of a finite field of pp elements. We also give a lower bound on the size of the subgroup which is multiplicatively generated by the first NN elements in an orbit. We derive these from more general results about sequences of compositions or a fixed set of polynomials.

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@article{arxiv.1904.12621,
  title  = {Unlikely intersections over finite fields: polynomial orbits in small subgroups},
  author = {László Mérai and Igor E. Shparlinski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.12621},
  year   = {2019}
}
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