The family conjecture for quadratic rational maps

Let ϕ(x)=b(x2+1)/x\phi(x)=b(x^2+1)/x with bQb\in\mathbb{Q} and b{0,±1/2}b\notin\{0,\pm 1/2\}. Let TT_\infty be the pre-image tree rooted at 00, let G(ϕ)G_\infty(\phi) be its arboreal Galois group, and let C(ϕ)C(\phi) be the centralizer of the subgroup generated by Möbius symmetries commuting with ϕ\phi and fixing 00. Family conjecture. One has

[C(ϕ):G(ϕ)]<.[C(\phi):G_\infty(\phi)]<\infty.

This extends the finite-index results known for several congruence classes and for many small values of bb. The source attributes the conjecture to the analysis of Garton and Rafe Jones and gives no resolution.

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Primary source

Rafe Jones, “Galois representations from pre-image trees: an arboreal survey”, arXiv:1402.6018 (2014).

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