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True trees are dense

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Abstract

We show that any compact, connected set K in the plane can be approximated by the critical points of a polynomial with two critical values. Equivalently, K can be approximated in the Hausdorff metric by a true tree in the sense of Grothendieck's dessins d'enfants.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)433-452
Number of pages20
JournalInventiones Mathematicae
Volume197
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2014

Keywords

  • 30C62

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