posted on 2015-11-01, 00:00authored byHolly C. Krieger
We prove the finiteness of the Zsigmondy set associated to critical orbits of polynomials. In the case of unicritical polynomials over the rational numbers, we find a uniform bound on the size of the Zsigmondy set. We prove further that there exists an effectively computable bound on the largest element of the Zsigmondy set, and that, under mild additional hypotheses, that bound is small.
History
Advisor
Takloo-Bighash, RaminDeMarco, Laura
Department
Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
Degree Grantor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Degree Level
Doctoral
Committee Member
DeMarco, Laura
Coskun, Izzet
Hadian-Jazi, Majid
Koch, Sarah