Distribution of points with prescribed derivative in polynomial dynamics

Abstract

In analogy to the equidistribution of preimages of a prescribed point by the iterates of a polynomial map in the complex plane towards the equilibrium measure, we show here the equidistribution of points for which the derivative of the n-th iterate of the polynomial takes a suitable prescribed value towards the equilibrium measure. We then give a similar statement in the space of degree d polynomials for the equidistribution of parameters for which the n-derivative at a given critical value has a prescribed derivative towards the activity current of the corresponding critical point.