On the postcritical set of a rational map

Abstract: The postcritical set

P (f)

of a rational map

f : m a t h b b P^{1} o m a t h b b P^{1}

is the smallest forward invariant subset of

m a t h b b P^{1}

that contains the critical values of

f

. In this paper we show that every finite set

X s u b s e t m a t h b b P^{1} (o v e r l i n e m a t h b b Q)

can be realized as the postcritical set of a rational map. We also show that every map

F : X o X

defined on a finite set

X s u b s e t m a t h b b P^{1} (m a t h b b C)

can be realized by a rational map

f : P (f) o P (f)

, provided we allow small perturbations of the set

X

. The proofs involve Belyi's theorem and iteration on Teichm"uller space.

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