Bounds for preperiodic points for maps with good reduction

DOI10.1016/J.JNT.2017.05.026zbMATH Open1406.37070arXiv1608.05849OpenAlexW2963287598MaRDI QIDQ2403255FDOQ2403255

Authors: Sebastian Troncoso 

Publication date: 8 September 2017

Published in: Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $K$ be a number field and let $phi$ in $K(z)$ be a rational function of degree $dgeq2$. Let $S$ be the places of bad reduction for $phi$ (including the archimedan places). Let $Per(phi,K)$, $PrePer(phi,K)$, and $Tail(phi,K)$ be the set of $K$-rational periodic, preperiodic, and purely preperiodic points of $phi$, respectively. The present paper presents two main results. The first result gives a bound for $|PrePer(phi,K)|$ in terms of the number of places of bad reduction $|S|$ and the degree $d$ of the rational function $phi$. This bound significantly improves a previous bound given by J. Canci and L. Paladino 2014. For the second result, assuming that $|Per(phi,K)|geq4$ (resp. $|Tail(phi,K)|geq3$), we prove bounds for $|Tail(phi,K)|$ (resp. $|Per(phi,K)|$) that depend only on the number of places of bad reduction $|S|$ (and not on the degree $d$). We show that the hypotheses of this result are sharp, giving counterexamples to any possible result of this form when $|Per(phi,K)|<4$ (resp. $|Tail(phi,K)|<3$).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.05849

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zbMATH Keywords

good reductionperiodic pointuniform boundednesspreperiodic point

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Counting solutions of Diophantine equations (11D45) Arithmetic and non-Archimedean dynamical systems involving polynomial and rational maps (37P05)

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