Pre-images of quadratic dynamical systems
Number Theory
2011-05-17 v2
Abstract
For a quadratic endomorphism of the affine line defined over the rationals we consider the problem of bounding the number of rational points that eventually land at a given constant after iteration, called pre-images of the constant. In the article "Uniform Bounds on Pre-Images Under Quadratic Dynamical Systems," it was shown that the number of rational pre-images is bounded as one varies the morphism in a certain one-dimensional family. Explicit values of the constant for pre-images of zero and -1 defined over the rational numbers were addressed in subsequent articles. This article addresses an explicit bound for any algebraic image constant and provides insight into the geometry of the "pre-image surfaces."
Cite
@article{arxiv.1007.0744,
title = {Pre-images of quadratic dynamical systems},
author = {Benjamin Hutz and Trevor Hyde and Benjamin Krause},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.0744},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
to appear in Involve; 16pages