An Algebraic Proof of Thurston's Rigidity for a Polynomial

arXiv1201.1969MaRDI QIDQ6230163FDOQ6230163

A. Levy

Publication date: 10 January 2012

Abstract: We study rational self-maps of $mathbb{P}^1$ whose critical points all have finite forward orbit. Thurston's rigidity theorem states that outside a single well-understood family, there are finitely many such maps over $mathbbC$ of fixed degree and critical orbit length. We provide an algebraic proof of this fact for tamely ramified maps for which at least one of the critical points is periodic. We also produce wildly ramified counterexamples.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic ground fields (finite, local, global) and families or fibrations (14D10) Families and moduli spaces in arithmetic and non-Archimedean dynamical systems (37P45)

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