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arxiv: 1410.3378 · v1 · pith:F6FDUCNMnew · submitted 2014-10-13 · 🧮 math.NT

Wreath products and proportions of periodic points

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Let $\varphi: {\mathbb P}^1 \longrightarrow {\mathbb P}^1$ be a rational map of degree greater than one defined over a number field $k$. For each prime ${\mathfrak p}$ of good reduction for $\varphi$, we let $\varphi_{\mathfrak p}$ denote the reduction of $\varphi$ modulo ${\mathfrak p}$. A random map heuristic suggests that for large ${\mathfrak p}$, the proportion of periodic points of $\varphi_{\mathfrak p}$ in ${\mathbb P}^1({\mathfrak o}_k/{\mathfrak p})$ should be small. We show that this is indeed the case for many rational functions $\varphi$.

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