Integer Points in Backward Orbits

Details Integer Points in Backward Orbits Integer Points in Backward Orbits

2008-08-20

arxiv.org/abs/0808.2679v2

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Number Theory

13 pages

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A theorem of J. Silverman states that a forward orbit of a rational map $\phi(z)$ on $\mathbb P^1(K)$ contains finitely many $S$-integers in the number field $K$ when $(\phi\circ\phi)(z)$ is not a polynomial. We state an analogous conjecture for the backward orbits using a general $S$-integrality notion based on the Galois conjugates of points. This conjecture is proven for the map $\phi(z)=z^d$, and consequently Chebyshev polynomials, by uniformly bounding the number of Galois orbits for $z^n-\beta$ when $\beta\not =0$ is a non-root of unity. In general, our conjecture is true provided that the number of Galois orbits for $\phi^n(z)-\beta$ is bounded independently of $n$.

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