Discreteness of postcritically finite maps in p-adic moduli space

Abstract: Let

p g e q 2

be a prime number and let

m a t h b b C_{p}

be the completion of an algebraic closure of the

p

-adic rational field

m a t h b b Q_{p}

. Let

f_{c} (z)

be a one-parameter family of rational functions of degree

d g e q 2

, where the coefficients are meromorphic functions defined at all parameters

c

in some open disk

D s u b s e t e q m a t h b b C_{p}

. Assuming an appropriate stability condition, we prove that the parameters

c

for which

f_{c}

is postcritically finite (PCF) are isolated from one another in the

p

-adic disk

D

, except in certain trivial cases. In particular, all PCF parameters of the family

f_{c} (z) = z^{d} + c

are

p

-adically isolated.

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