Prime-divisor density conjecture for stable critically infinite quadratic polynomials

Let fZ[x]f\in\mathbb{Z}[x] be a quadratic polynomial. Call ff stable if every iterate fnf^n is irreducible over Q\mathbb{Q}, and call ff critically infinite if the forward orbit of its critical point is infinite. For a0Za_0\in\mathbb{Z}, let P(f,a0)P(f,a_0) be the set of primes dividing some nonzero term of the orbit defined by an=f(an1)a_n=f(a_{n-1}), and let D(P(f,a0))D(P(f,a_0)) denote its natural density. Prime-divisor density conjecture. If ff is stable and critically infinite, then

D(P(f,a0))=0D(P(f,a_0))=0

for all a0Za_0\in\mathbb{Z}. The paper presents this as the expected generic extension of its main density-zero theorem; it is not proved in the stated generality and remains open.

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Rafe Jones, “The density of prime divisors in the arithmetic dynamics of quadratic polynomials”, arXiv:math/0612415 (2006).

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