Dynamical statistics for power series and polynomials with restricted coefficients

In this thesis, we study statistical properties and related results in two different dynamical settings. In the first part, we consider a family of fractals arising as limit sets of pairs of similitudes; these fractals are closely related to power series with all coefficients equal to ±1. Motivated...

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Main Author: Ang, Yan Sheng
Other Authors: DeMarco, Laura G.
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/151311
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5738-1535
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description In this thesis, we study statistical properties and related results in two different dynamical settings. In the first part, we consider a family of fractals arising as limit sets of pairs of similitudes; these fractals are closely related to power series with all coefficients equal to ±1. Motivated by the Julia–Mandelbrot correspondence, we construct a natural measure in the parameter space satisfying analogous properties for this family. Viewing the natural measure as an average root-counting measure, we establish its asymptotics and angular equidistribution. We also prove an anti-concentration inequality for the limit sets, and use this to bound the variation of the number of roots of the typical random power series from its expected value. In the second part, in joint work with Jit Wu Yap, we consider pairs of polynomials with rational coefficients of bounded height. In the generic case, we control the structure of the Julia sets and some notions of arithmetic complexity at most places. Using this, we prove that the average number of common preperiodic points of the two polynomials goes to 0 as height increases. We also obtain lower and upper bounds for the essential minimum of the sum of canonical heights of the two polynomials.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1513112023-08-01T04:18:16Z Dynamical statistics for power series and polynomials with restricted coefficients Ang, Yan Sheng DeMarco, Laura G. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics In this thesis, we study statistical properties and related results in two different dynamical settings. In the first part, we consider a family of fractals arising as limit sets of pairs of similitudes; these fractals are closely related to power series with all coefficients equal to ±1. Motivated by the Julia–Mandelbrot correspondence, we construct a natural measure in the parameter space satisfying analogous properties for this family. Viewing the natural measure as an average root-counting measure, we establish its asymptotics and angular equidistribution. We also prove an anti-concentration inequality for the limit sets, and use this to bound the variation of the number of roots of the typical random power series from its expected value. In the second part, in joint work with Jit Wu Yap, we consider pairs of polynomials with rational coefficients of bounded height. In the generic case, we control the structure of the Julia sets and some notions of arithmetic complexity at most places. Using this, we prove that the average number of common preperiodic points of the two polynomials goes to 0 as height increases. We also obtain lower and upper bounds for the essential minimum of the sum of canonical heights of the two polynomials. Ph.D. 2023-07-31T19:30:28Z 2023-07-31T19:30:28Z 2023-06 2023-05-24T14:46:39.654Z Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/151311 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5738-1535 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Copyright retained by author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Dynamical statistics for power series and polynomials with restricted coefficients
title Dynamical statistics for power series and polynomials with restricted coefficients
title_full Dynamical statistics for power series and polynomials with restricted coefficients
title_fullStr Dynamical statistics for power series and polynomials with restricted coefficients
title_full_unstemmed Dynamical statistics for power series and polynomials with restricted coefficients
title_short Dynamical statistics for power series and polynomials with restricted coefficients
title_sort dynamical statistics for power series and polynomials with restricted coefficients
url https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/151311
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