TITLE: Images of polynomials
QUESTION [16 upvotes]: Let $f,g \in \mathbb{Q}[x]$ be polynomials such that $\{f(a) : a \in \mathbb{Q}\} \subseteq \{g(a) : a \in \mathbb{Q} \}$. Must there be some $h \in \mathbb{Q}[x]$ such that $f(x) = g(h(x))$ for all $x \in \mathbb{Q}$ ?

REPLY [14 votes]: We don't need Faltings theorem here. See Theorem 1 in: 
H. Davenport, D. J. Lewis, A. Schinzel, Polynomials of certain special types. Acta Arith. 9 (1964), 107-116.