Automorphism Groups of Endomorphisms of \mathbb{P}^1 (\bar{\mathbb{F}}_p)

DOI10.1017/S0017089522000222zbMATH Open1509.37137arXiv2003.12113MaRDI QIDQ6337486FDOQ6337486

Authors: Julia Cai, Benjamin Hutz, Leo Mayer 

Publication date: 26 March 2020

Abstract: For any algebraically closed field $K$ and any endomorphism $f$ of $mathbb{P}^1(K)$ of degree at least 2, the automorphisms of $f$ are the M"obius transformations that commute with $f$, and these form a finite subgroup of $operatorname{PGL}_2(K)$. In the moduli space of complex dynamical systems, the locus of maps with nontrivial automorphisms has been studied in detail and there are techniques for constructing maps with prescribed automorphism groups that date back to Klein. We study the corresponding questions when $K$ is the algebraic closure $$ of a finite field. We use the classification of finite subgroups of $$ to show that every finite subgroup is realizable as an automorphism group. To construct examples, we use methods from modular invariant theory. Then, we calculate the locus of maps over $$ of degree $2$ with nontrivial automorphisms, showing how the geometry and possible automorphism groups depend on the prime $p$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic and non-Archimedean dynamical systems involving polynomial and rational maps (37P05) Dynamical systems over finite ground fields (37P25) Families and moduli spaces in arithmetic and non-Archimedean dynamical systems (37P45)

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