On a generalization of a Prüfer-Kaplansky-Procházka theorem
The purpose of this paper is to define a new numerical invariant of valuations centered in a regular two-dimensional regular local ring. For this, we define a sequence of non-negative rational numbers δν = {δν(j)}j ≥ 0 which is determined by the proximity relations of the successive quadratic transformations at the points determined by a valuation ν. This sequence is characterized by seven combinatorial properties, so that any sequence of non-negative rational numbers having the above properties...
We consider two issues concerning polynomial cycles. Namely, for a discrete valuation domain of positive characteristic (for ) or for any Dedekind domain of positive characteristic (but only for ), we give a closed formula for a set of all possible cycle-lengths for polynomial mappings in . Then we give a new property of sets , which refutes a kind of conjecture posed by W. Narkiewicz.