Introduction to p-adic dynamics
Speaker:
Rob Benedetto, Amherst College
Date and Time:
Monday, October 27, 2008 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
As the title indicates, this talk will be an introduction to p-adic dynamics, including a discussion of periodic points, (attracting, repelling, indifferent), the p-adic Fatou and Julia sets, disk-components and analytic components, wandering domains, and other topics as time permits. The talk will include numerous examples.