The Lotka-Volterra equation over a finite ring ℤ/pNℤ

Abstract

Discrete Lotka-Volterra equation over $p$-adic space was constructed since $p$-adic space is a prototype of spaces with the non-Archimedean valuations and the space given by taking ultra-discrete limit studied in soliton theory should be regarded as a space with the non-Archimedean valuations in the previous report (solv-int/9906011). In this article, using the natural projection from $p$-adic integer to a ring $Z/p^n Z$, a soliton equation is defined over the ring. Numerical computations shows that it behaves regularly.