Abstract:(Communicated by Bjorn Poonen)For a quadratic polynomial with rational coefficients, we consider the problem of bounding the number of rational points that eventually land at a given constant after iteration, called preimages of the constant. It was shown by Faber, Hutz, Ingram, Jones, Manes, Tucker, and Zieve (2009) that the number of rational preimages is bounded as one varies the polynomial. Explicit bounds on the number of preimages of zero and −1 were addressed in subsequent articles. This article address… Show more
“…Along the same lines, for any number field K and a ∈ K, Hutz, Hyde, and Krause [11] have computed explicit sharp upper bounds κ(a, K) ∈ {4, 6, 8, 10} such that |Preim(φ, a, K)| ≤ κ(a, K) for all but finitely many φ ∈ F (K).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Let C = deg(b 2 − 4c + 4a). Then from(11), ord P y 1 = C 2 ord P t. So ord P y n−1 ≥ min e, C 2 n−1 ord P t.…”
Abstract. Let φ be a rational function of degree at least two defined over a number field k. Let a ∈ P 1 (k) and let K be a number field containing k. We study the cardinality of the set of rational iterated preimagesWe prove two new results (Theorem 2 and Theorem 4) bounding |Preim(φ, a, K)| as φ varies in certain families of rational functions.Our proofs are based on unit equations and a method of Runge for effectively determining integral points on certain affine curves. We also formulate and state a uniform boundedness conjecture for Preim(φ, a, K) and relate this conjecture to other well-known conjectures in arithmetic dynamics.
“…Along the same lines, for any number field K and a ∈ K, Hutz, Hyde, and Krause [11] have computed explicit sharp upper bounds κ(a, K) ∈ {4, 6, 8, 10} such that |Preim(φ, a, K)| ≤ κ(a, K) for all but finitely many φ ∈ F (K).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Let C = deg(b 2 − 4c + 4a). Then from(11), ord P y 1 = C 2 ord P t. So ord P y n−1 ≥ min e, C 2 n−1 ord P t.…”
Abstract. Let φ be a rational function of degree at least two defined over a number field k. Let a ∈ P 1 (k) and let K be a number field containing k. We study the cardinality of the set of rational iterated preimagesWe prove two new results (Theorem 2 and Theorem 4) bounding |Preim(φ, a, K)| as φ varies in certain families of rational functions.Our proofs are based on unit equations and a method of Runge for effectively determining integral points on certain affine curves. We also formulate and state a uniform boundedness conjecture for Preim(φ, a, K) and relate this conjecture to other well-known conjectures in arithmetic dynamics.
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