A Tits alternative for rational functions

MaRDI QIDQ6363125zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Jason P. Bell, Keping Huang, Wayne Peng, Thomas Tucker

Publication date 17 March 2021

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Automorphisms of curves (14H37) Finite nilpotent groups, (p)-groups (20D15) Free semigroups, generators and relations, word problems (20M05)

Abstract: We prove an analog of the Tits alternative for rational functions. In particular, we show that if $S$ is a finitely generated semigroup of rational functions over the complex numbers, then either $S$ has polynomially bounded growth or $S$ contains a nonabelian free semigroup. We also show that if f and g are polarizable maps over any field that do not have the same set of preperiodic points, then the semigroup generated by f and g contains a nonabelian free semigroup.

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