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Locally nilpotent polynomials over $\mathbb{Z}$

Number Theory 2023-05-30 v3

Abstract

For a polynomial u(x)u(x) in Z[x]\mathbb{Z}[x] and rZr\in\mathbb{Z}, we consider the orbit of u(x)u(x) at rr, Ou(r):={u(r),u(u(r)),}\mathcal{O}_u(r):=\{u(r),u(u(r)),\ldots\}. We ask two questions here: (i) what are the polynomials uu for which 0Ou(r)0\in \mathcal{O}_u(r) and (ii) what are the polynomials for which 0∉Ou(r)0\not\in \mathcal{O}_u(r) but, modulo every prime pp, 0Ou(r)0\in \mathcal{O}_u(r)? In this paper we classify the polynomials for which (ii) holds. We also present some results for some special rr's for which (i) can be answered.

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@article{arxiv.2211.06760,
  title  = {Locally nilpotent polynomials over $\mathbb{Z}$},
  author = {Sayak Sengupta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.06760},
  year   = {2023}
}

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