The Flynn–Poonen conjecture on rational cycles of quadratic polynomials

Let N4N\geq 4 and let f(x)Q[x]f(x)\in{\mathbb Q}[x] be a quadratic polynomial. A rational point has exact period NN if its least positive period under iteration by ff is NN.

Flynn–Poonen conjecture. There is no quadratic polynomial f(x)Q[x]f(x)\in{\mathbb Q}[x] with a rational point of exact period NN.

This is a specific uniformity question for rational periodic points of quadratic polynomials, attributed in the source to Flynn and Poonen. The supplied text does not state a resolution, so the conjecture is recorded as open.

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Mohammad Sadek, “Families of polynomials of every degree with no rational preperiodic points”, arXiv:2010.09910 (2020).

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