The set of stable primes for polynomial sequences with large Galois group
Abstract: Let $K$ be a number field with ring of integers $\mathcal O_K$, and let ${f_k}_{k\in \mathbb N}\subseteq \mathcal O_K[x]$ be a sequence of monic polynomials such that for every $n\in \mathbb N$, the composition $f{(n)}=f_1\circ f_2\circ\ldots\circ f_n$ is irreducible. In this paper we show that if the size of the Galois group of $f{(n)}$ is large enough (in a precise sense) as a function of $n$, then the set of primes $\mathfrak p\subseteq\mathcal O_K$ such that every $f{(n)}$ is irreducible modulo $\mathfrak p$ has density zero. Moreover, we prove that the subset of polynomial sequences such that the Galois group of $f{(n)}$ is large enough has density 1, in an appropriate sense, within the set of all polynomial sequences.
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