Conjecture on uniqueness of rational maps from a numerator of a 3-cycle

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Let A(m,n)A(m,n) and B(m,n)B(m,n) be the integer forms parametrizing rational 33-cycles of maps fc(x)=x2+cf_c(x)=x^2+c, and let (m,n)Z2(m,n)\in\mathbb{Z}^2 satisfy mn(m+n)0mn(m+n)\neq0 and gcd(m,n)=1\gcd(m,n)=1. Numerator-uniqueness conjecture. If A(m,n)=kA(m,n)=k, then c=A(m,n)/B(m,n)c=-A(m,n)/B(m,n) is the only rational number with numerator kk for which fcf_c has a rational 33-cycle. Equivalently, for kNk\in\mathbb{N}, the equation

A(m,n)=m6+2m5n+4m4n2+8m3n3+9m2n4+4mn5+n6=kA(m,n)=m^6+2m^5n+4m^4n^2+8m^3n^3+9m^2n^4+4mn^5+n^6=k

has either 00 or 66 solutions (m,n)(m,n) satisfying mn(m+n)0mn(m+n)\neq0 and gcd(m,n)=1\gcd(m,n)=1. The conjecture was checked computationally for k1015k\leq10^{15}; proving it amounts to establishing uniqueness of the relevant norm representations beyond the six transformations described in the paper.

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Patrick Morton and Serban Raianu, “Arithmetic properties of 3-cycles of quadratic maps over Q”, arXiv:2105.07435 (2022).

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