Greatest common divisors of iterates of polynomials

DOI10.2140/ANT.2017.11.1437zbMATH Open1392.37103arXiv1611.04115OpenAlexW2552480199MaRDI QIDQ2399262FDOQ2399262

Authors: Liang-Chung Hsia, Thomas Tucker 

Publication date: 22 August 2017

Published in: Algebra \& Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Following work of Bugeaud, Corvaja, and Zannier for integers, Ailon and Rudnick prove that for any multiplicatively independent polynomials, $a,binmathbbC[x]$, there is a polynomial $h$ such that for all $n$, we have [ gcd(a^n - 1, b^n - 1) mid h] We prove a compositional analog of this theorem, namely that if $f,ginmathbbC[x]$ are nonconstant compositionally independent polynomials and $c(x)inmathbbC[x]$, then there are at most finitely many $lambda$ with the property that there is an $n$ such that $(x-lambda)$ divides $gcd(f^{circn}(x)-c(x),g^{circn}(x)-c(x))$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.04115

Recommendations

• Common divisors of \(a^n-1\) and \(b^n-1\) over function fields
• Generalized greatest common divisors for orbits under rational functions
• Greatest common divisors and algebraic geometry
• The greatest common divisor of \(a^n-1\) and \(b^n-1\) and the Ailon-Rudnick conjecture
• On some extensions of the Ailon-Rudnick theorem

zbMATH Keywords

heightsequidistributioniteration of polynomials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global ground fields in algebraic geometry (14G25) Recurrences (11B37) Diophantine inequalities (11J25) Arithmetic and non-Archimedean dynamical systems involving polynomial and rational maps (37P05)

Cites Work

• An upper bound for the g.c.d. of \(a^n-1\) and \(b^n -1\)
• A lower bound for the height of a rational function at \(S\)-unit points
• Common divisors of \(a^n-1\) and \(b^n-1\) over function fields
• On the greatest common divisor of \(u-1\) and \(v-1\) with \(u\) and \(v\) near \(\mathcal S\)-units
• Some problems of unlikely intersections in arithmetic and geometry. With appendixes by David Masser
• Greatest common divisors of \(u-1, v-1\) in positive characteristic and rational points on curves over finite fields
• Torsion points on curves and common divisors of a^k-1 and b^k-1
• Some cases of Vojta’s conjecture on integral points over function fields
• Common divisors of elliptic divisibility sequences over function fields
• Intersections of polynomial orbits, and a dynamical Mordell-Lang conjecture
• Generalized greatest common divisors, divisibility sequences, and Vojta's conjecture for blowups
• On some extensions of the Ailon-Rudnick theorem
• Brolin's equidistribution theorem in \(p\)-adic dynamics.
• Mesures et équidistribution sur les espaces de Berkovich
• Equidistribution over function fields
• Heights and preperiodic points of polynomials over function fields,
• Special curves and postcritically finite polynomials
• A problem of Julia sets
• The Polynomials Associated with a Julia Set
• Preperiodic points and unlikely intersections
• Equidistribution of small points, rational dynamics, and potential theory
• Big line bundles over arithmetic varieties
• A dynamical pairing between two rational maps
• On the preperiodic points of an endomorphism of \(\mathbb P^1\times\mathbb P^1\) which lie on a curve
• The arithmetic Hodge index theorem for adelic line bundles
• A finiteness theorem for canonical heights attached to rational maps over function fields
• Towards a dynamical Manin-Mumford conjecture
• Periodic points, multiplicities, and dynamical units.
• Preperiodic points for families of rational maps
• Proof of a dynamical Bogomolov conjecture for lines under polynomial actions
• On a problem of Ruderman
• Variation of the canonical height for a family of polynomials

Cited In (15)

• Polynomials with a common composite
• Greatest common divisors and algebraic geometry
• An elementary proof of Barnett's theorem about the greatest common divisor of several univariate polynomials
• A variant of a theorem by Ailon-Rudnick for elliptic curves
• Generalized greatest common divisors for orbits under rational functions
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Common divisors of \(a^n-1\) and \(b^n-1\) over function fields
• A new method for computing polynomial greatest common divisors and polynomial remainder sequences
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Common Divisors of Solvable Polynomials in JAS
• On the greatest common divisor of \(u-1\) and \(v-1\) with \(u\) and \(v\) near \(\mathcal S\)-units
• Parametric Greatest Common Divisors using Comprehensive Gröbner Systems
• Level curves of rational functions and unimodular points on rational curves
• On the Greatest Common Divisor of the Value of Two Polynomials

This page was built for publication: Greatest common divisors of iterates of polynomials

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2399262)