## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Cycles of quadratic polynomials and rational points on a genus-$2$ curve

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 90, Number 3 (1997), 435-463.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 19 February 2004

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077232810

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-97-09011-6

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1480542

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0958.11024

#### Citation

Flynn, E. V.; Poonen, Bjorn; Schaefer, Edward F. Cycles of quadratic polynomials and rational points on a genus- $2$ curve. Duke Math. J. 90 (1997), no. 3, 435--463. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-97-09011-6. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077232810

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