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We consider the family of dynamical modular curves associated to quadratic polynomial maps and determine precisely which of these curves have infinitely many cubic points. We use this to prove a classification statement on preperiodic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-17 John R. Doyle , Alexander Galarraga

Given a number field $K$ and a polynomial $f(z) \in K[z]$ of degree at least 2, one can construct a finite directed graph $G(f,K)$ whose vertices are the $K$-rational preperiodic points for $f$, with an edge $\alpha \to \beta$ if and only…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-08-12 John R. Doyle

We classify the graphs that can occur as the graph of rational preperiodic points of a quadratic polynomial over $\bold Q$, assuming the conjecture that it is impossible to have rational points of period $4$ or higher. In particular, we…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-09-06 Bjorn Poonen

We determine all modular curves $X_0(N)$ with infinitely many quartic points. To do this, we define a pairing that induces a quadratic form representing all possible degrees of a rational morphism from $X_0(N)$ to a positive rank elliptic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-10-10 Maarten Derickx , Petar Orlić

Motivated by the dynamical uniform boundedness conjecture of Morton and Silverman, specifically in the case of quadratic polynomials, we give a formal construction of a certain class of dynamical analogues of classical modular curves. The…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-08-12 John R. Doyle

We determine the quadratic points on the modular curves $X_0(N)$ for $N\leq 100$ for which this has not been previously done, namely the cases $$N\in\{66,70,78,82,84,86,87,88,90,96,99\}.$$ We accomplish this by improving on the ``going down…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-08-21 Filip Najman , Ivan Novak

We determine all modular curves $X_0^+(N)$ that admit infinitely many cubic points over the rational field $\mathbb{Q}$.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-07-11 Francesc Bars , Tarun Dalal

In this study, we determine all modular curves $X_0(N)$ that admit infinitely many cubic points.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-08-08 Daeyeol Jeon

We provide a complete classification of possible graphs of rational preperiodic points of endomorphisms of the projective line of degree 2 defined over the rationals with a rational periodic critical point of period 2, under the assumption…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-12-16 J. K. Canci , Solomon Vishkautsan

To each quadratic number field $K$ and each quadratic polynomial $f$ with $K$-coefficients, one can associate a finite directed graph $G(f,K)$ whose vertices are the $K$-rational preperiodic points for $f$, and whose edges reflect the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-08-12 John R. Doyle , Xander Faber , David Krumm

In this article, we determine all intermediate modular curves $X_\Delta(N)$ that admit infinitely many cubic points over the rational field $\mathbb{Q}$.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-08-15 Tarun Dalal

Bounding the number of preperiodic points of quadratic polynomials with rational coefficients is one case of the Uniform Boundedness Conjecture in arithmetic dynamics. Here, we provide a general framework that may reduce finding periodic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-04-17 Zhiming Wang , Robin Zhang

In this paper we determine the quadratic points on the modular curves X_0(N), where the curve is non-hyperelliptic, the genus is 3, 4 or 5, and the Mordell--Weil group of J_0(N) is finite. The values of N are 34, 38, 42, 44, 45, 51, 52, 54,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-08-16 Ekin Ozman , Samir Siksek

We show that the set of conjugacy classes of cubic polynomials with a prefixed critical point, of preperiod $k\geq 1$, is an irreducible algebraic curve. We also establish an analogous result for quadratic rational maps. We then study a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-01-01 Xavier Buff , Adam L. Epstein , Sarah Koch

Bruin and Najman, Ozman and Siksek, and Box described all the quadratic points on the modular curves of genus $2\leq g(X_0(n)) \leq 5$. Since all the hyperelliptic curves $X_0(n)$ are of genus $\leq 5$ and as a curve can have infinitely…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-11-01 Filip Najman , Borna Vukorepa

We determine all modular curves $X_0(N)/\langle w_d\rangle$ that admit infinitely many cubic points over the rational field $\mathbb{Q}$, when $N$ is square-free.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-06-12 Francesc Bars , Tarun Dalal

Let X be a smooth curve defined over the algebraic numbers, let a,b be algebraic numbers, and let f_l(x) be an algebraic family of rational maps indexed by all l in X. We study whether there exist infinitely many l in X such that both a and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-06-12 Dragos Ghioca , Liang-Chung Hsia , Thomas J. Tucker

Let $\mathbb F_{q^2}$ be the finite field with $q^2$ elements. We provide a simple and effective method, using reciprocal polynomials, for the construction of algebraic curves over $\mathbb F_{q^2}$ with many rational points. The curves…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-10-22 Rohit Gupta , Erik A. R. Mendoza , Luciane Quoos

Given a number field $K$ and a polynomial $f(z) \in K[z]$, one can naturally construct a finite directed graph $G(f,K)$ whose vertices are the $K$-rational preperiodic points of $f$, with an edge $\alpha \to \beta$ if and only if $f(\alpha)…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-08-12 John R. Doyle

For every group $\{\pm1\}\subseteq \Delta\subseteq (\mathbb Z/N\mathbb Z)^\times$, there exists an intermediate modular curve $X_\Delta(N)$. In this paper we determine all curves $X_\Delta(N)$ with infinitely many points of degree $4$ over…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-23 Maarten Derickx , Petar Orlić
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