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A Generalization of Arithmetic Derivative to $p$-adic Fields and Number Fields

Number Theory 2023-07-12 v1

Abstract

The arithmetic derivative is a function from the natural numbers to itself that sends all prime numbers to 11 and satisfies the Leibniz rule. The arithmetic partial derivative with respect to a prime pp is the pp-th component of the arithmetic derivative. In this paper, we generalize the arithmetic partial derivative to pp-adic fields (the local case) and the arithmetic derivative to number fields (the global case). We study the dynamical system of the pp-adic valuation of the iterations of the arithmetic partial derivatives. We also prove that for every integer n0n\geq 0, there are infinitely many elements with exactly nn anti-partial derivatives. In the end, we study the pp-adic continuity of arithmetic derivatives.

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@article{arxiv.2307.04912,
  title  = {A Generalization of Arithmetic Derivative to $p$-adic Fields and Number Fields},
  author = {Brad Emmons and Xiao Xiao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.04912},
  year   = {2023}
}

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