Strong Dynamical Wieferich Prime Conjecture

Let b12Zb\in\frac{1}{2}\mathbb{Z} and let ϕZ[x]\phi\in\mathbb{Z}[x] be separable and quadratic. Assume that the forward orbit {ϕn(b):n=1,2,}\{\phi^n(b):n=1,2,\ldots\} is infinite. Strong Dynamical Wieferich Prime Conjecture. For all but finitely many nn, there is a prime pp such that

vp(ϕn(b)) is odd,vp(ϕm(b))=0for all m<n.v_p(\phi^n(b))\text{ is odd},\qquad v_p(\phi^m(b))=0\quad\text{for all }m<n.

This primitive-prime-divisor assertion is proposed in connection with finite-index questions for arboreal Galois groups and is attributed in the source to [4]; no resolution is given.

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Rafe Jones, “2007: An Arboreal Odyssey: A View of Arboreal Galois Representations and Applications, from Early in the Subject's History”, arXiv:2605.21666 (2026).

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