Arboreal Galois groups for quadratic rational functions with colliding critical points

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Auteurs principaux: Benedetto, Robert L., Dietrich, Anna
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author Benedetto, Robert L.
Dietrich, Anna
author_facet Benedetto, Robert L.
Dietrich, Anna
contents Let $K$ be a field, and let $f\in K(z)$ be rational function. The preimages of a point $x_0\in P^1(K)$ under iterates of $f$ have a natural tree structure. As a result, the Galois group of the resulting field extension of $K$ naturally embeds into the automorphism group of this tree. In unpublished work from 2013, Pink described a certain proper subgroup $M_{\ell}$ that this so-called arboreal Galois group $G_{\infty}$ must lie in if $f$ is quadratic and its two critical points collide at the $\ell$-th iteration. After presenting a new description of $M_{\ell}$ and a new proof of Pink's theorem, we state and prove necessary and sufficient conditions for $G_{\infty}$ to be the full group $M_{\ell}$.
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spellingShingle Arboreal Galois groups for quadratic rational functions with colliding critical points
Benedetto, Robert L.
Dietrich, Anna
Number Theory
Dynamical Systems
Primary: 37P05. Secondary: 11R32, 14G25
Let $K$ be a field, and let $f\in K(z)$ be rational function. The preimages of a point $x_0\in P^1(K)$ under iterates of $f$ have a natural tree structure. As a result, the Galois group of the resulting field extension of $K$ naturally embeds into the automorphism group of this tree. In unpublished work from 2013, Pink described a certain proper subgroup $M_{\ell}$ that this so-called arboreal Galois group $G_{\infty}$ must lie in if $f$ is quadratic and its two critical points collide at the $\ell$-th iteration. After presenting a new description of $M_{\ell}$ and a new proof of Pink's theorem, we state and prove necessary and sufficient conditions for $G_{\infty}$ to be the full group $M_{\ell}$.
title Arboreal Galois groups for quadratic rational functions with colliding critical points
topic Number Theory
Dynamical Systems
Primary: 37P05. Secondary: 11R32, 14G25
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.16284