Semiconjugate rational functions: a dynamical approach

Abstract

Using dynamical methods we give a new proof of the theorem saying that if $A,B,X$ are rational functions of degree at least two such that $A\circ X=X\circ B$ and $\mathbb C(B,X)=\mathbb C(z)$, then the Galois closure of the field extension $\mathbb C(z)/\mathbb C(X)$ has genus zero or one.