Non-Archimedean analysis and a wave-type pseudodifferential equation on finite adèles

Abstract

In this work the ring of finite adeles $${\mathbb {A}}_f$$ of the rational numbers $${\mathbb {Q}}$$ is obtained as a completion of $${\mathbb {Q}}$$ with respect to a certain non-Archimedean metric related to the second Chebyshev function, which allows us to represent any finite adele as a convergent series, generalizing m-adic analysis. This polyadic analysis allows us to introduce a novel pseudodifferential operator $$D^{\alpha }$$ on $$L^2({\mathbb {A}}_f)$$ of fractional differentiation, similar to the Vladimirov operator on the p-adic numbers. The operator $$D^{\alpha }$$ is a positive selfadjoint unbounded operator whose spectrum $$\sigma (D^{\alpha })$$ is essential and it consists of a countable number of eigenvalues, which converges to zero, and zero. Moreover, a sort of multiresolution analysis on $${\mathbb {A}}_f$$ provides us with a wavelet basis which is an orthonormal basis of eigenfunctions of $$D^{\alpha }$$ as well. The Cauchy problem of a wave-type pseudodifferential equation $$\begin{aligned} u_{tt}(x,t)+D^{\alpha }_x u(x,t) =F(x,t), \qquad (x \in {\mathbb {A}}_f), \end{aligned}$$ with appropriate initial conditions $$u(x,0)=f(x), u_t(x,0)=g(x),$$ and external force F(x, t), is solved separating variables and using the Fourier expansion of functions in $$L^2({\mathbb {A}}_f)$$ , with respect to the wavelet basis.