Locally nilpotent polynomials over \mathbb{Z}

Publication date 12 November 2022

Abstract: For a polynomial

u (x)

in

m a t h b b Z [x]

and

r i n m a t h b b Z

, we consider the orbit of

u (x)

at

r

,

m a t h c a l O_{u} (r) := u (r), u (u (r)), l d o t s

. We ask two questions here: (i) what are the polynomials

u

for which

0 i n m a t h c a l O_{u} (r)

and (ii) what are the polynomials for which

0 o t i n m a t h c a l O_{u} (r)

but, modulo every prime

p

,

0 i n m a t h c a l O_{u} (r)

? In this paper we classify the polynomials for which (ii) holds. We also present some results for some special

r^{'}

s for which (i) can be answered.

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