Let K be a nonarchimedean field, and let ϕ ∈ K(z) be a polynomial or rational function of degree at least 2. We present a necessary and sufficient condition, involving only the fixed points of ϕ and their preimages, that determines whether or not the dynamical system ϕ: ℙ¹ → ℙ¹ has potentially good reduction.
We extend the Davenport and Erdős construction of normal numbers to the case.
We establish a density theorem for symmetric power L-functions attached to primitive Maass forms and explore some applications to extreme values of these L-functions at 1.
Let be a local field of residue characteristic . Let be a curve over whose minimal proper regular model has totally degenerate semi-stable reduction. Under certain hypotheses, we compute the prime-to- rational torsion subgroup on the Jacobian of . We also determine divisibility of line bundles on , including rationality of theta characteristics and higher spin structures. These computations utilize arithmetic on the special fiber of .