P-adic dynamic systems

Abstract

Dynamic systems in non-Archimedean number fields (i.e., fields with non-Archimedean valuations) are studied. Results are obtained for the fields of p-adic numbers and complex p-adic numbers. Simple p-adic dynamic systems have a very rich structure—attractors, Siegel disks, cycles, and a new structure called a “fuzzy cycle”. The prime number p plays the role of a parameter of the p-adic dynamic system. Changing p radically changes the behavior of the system: attractors may become the centers of Siegel disks, and vice versa, and cycles of different lengths may appear or disappear.