Index Divisibility in Dynamical Sequences and Cyclic Orbits Modulo $p$
Number Theory
2016-08-09 v1 Dynamical Systems
Abstract
Let be an integral polynomial of degree at least 2, and consider the sequence , which is the orbit of under iteration by . Let denote the set of positive integers for which . We give a characterization of in terms of a directed graph and describe a number of its properties, including its cardinality and the primes contained therein. In particular, we study the question of which primes have the property that the orbit of is a single -cycle modulo . We show that the set of such primes is finite when is even, and conjecture that it is infinite when is odd.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1608.02177,
title = {Index Divisibility in Dynamical Sequences and Cyclic Orbits Modulo $p$},
author = {Annie S. Chen and T. Alden Gassert and Katherine E. Stange},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.02177},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
20 pages, 7 figures