Periodic \(p\)-adic Gibbs measures of \(q\)-state Potts model on Cayley trees. I: The chaos implies the vastness of the set of \(p\)-adic Gibbs measures (Q723364)

The authors aim to contribute to the \(p\)-adic counterpart of the theory of Gibbs measures on Cayley trees. They generalize the results obtained by \textit{U. A. Rozikov} and \textit{O. N. Khakimov} [Markov Process. Relat. Fields 21, No. 1, 177--204 (2015; Zbl 1332.82018)] and \textit{M. Saburov} and \textit{M. A. Khameini Ahmad} [Math. Phys. Anal. Geom. 18, No. 1, Article ID 26, 33 p. (2015; Zbl 1456.82181)]. The authors investigate the set of \(p\)-adic Gibbs measures of the \(q\)-state Potts model on the Cayley tree of order three. They obtain new results under the conditions \(|\theta-1|_p <1\) and \(0<|q|_p <1\), where \(\theta = \exp_p(J )\) and \(J\) is a coupling constant. They prove the vastness of the set of (periodic) \(p\)-adic Gibbs measures by showing the chaotic behavior of the corresponding Potts-Bethe mapping over the field \(\mathbb{Q}_p\) for primes \(p \equiv 1\;(\text{mod}\;3)\) with the condition \(0<|\theta-1|_p <|q|_p<1\). The authors obtain a new family of the periodic \(p\)-adic Gibbs measure of the \(q\)-state Potts model by means of the \(H_m\)-periodic function. They prove that, for a semi-infinite Cayley tree, there exist many periodic \(p\)-adic Gibbs measures of periods other than 1 and 2. The authors then point out a subsystem that is isometrically conjugate to the shift dynamics. The dynamics of the Potts-Bethe mapping over the fields \(\mathbb{Q}_2\) and \(\mathbb{Q}_3\) are discussed. Lastly, the authors show that, except for a fixed point and the inverse images of the singular point, all points converge to an attracting fixed point.