Components and periodic points in non-Archimedean dynamics (Q2766447)

We expand the theory of connected components in non-archimedean discrete dynamical systems. We define two types of components and discuss their uses and applications in the study of dynamics of a rational function defined over a non-archimedean field. We prove that some fundamental conjectures, including the No Wandering Domains conjecture, are equivalent regardless of which definition of ``component'' is used. We derive several results on the geometry of our components and the existence of periodic points within them. We also give a number of examples of \(p\)-adic maps with interesting or pathological dynamics.