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Arboreal representations for rational maps with few critical points

Number Theory 2018-04-20 v2

Abstract

Jones conjectures the arboreal representation of a degree two rational map will have finite index in the full automorphism group of a binary rooted tree except under certain conditions. We prove a version of Jones' Conjecture for quadratic and cubic polynomials assuming the abcabc-Conjecture and Vojta's Conjecture. We also exhibit a family of degree 22 rational maps and give examples of degree 33 polynomial maps whose arboreal representations have finite index in the appropriate group of tree automorphisms.

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@article{arxiv.1804.06053,
  title  = {Arboreal representations for rational maps with few critical points},
  author = {Jamie Juul and Holly Krieger and Nicole Looper and Michelle Manes and Bianca Thompson and Laura Walton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.06053},
  year   = {2018}
}
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