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The Hydra Map and Numen Formalisms for Collatz-Type Problems

Dynamical Systems 2026-02-13 v3 Number Theory

Abstract

This paper details a generalization of the formalism presented in the author's 2024 paper, "The Collatz Conjecture and Non-Archimedean Spectral Theory - Part I - Arithmetic Dynamical Systems and Non-Archimedean Value Distribution Theory", to the case of Hydra maps on the ring of integers OK\mathcal{O}_{K} of a global field KK. In addition to recounting these definitions, background material is presented for the necessary standard material in algebraic number theory and integration and Fourier analysis with respect to the pp-adic Haar measure. This paper is meant to serve as a technical manual for use of Hydra maps and numens in future research.

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@article{arxiv.2601.17030,
  title  = {The Hydra Map and Numen Formalisms for Collatz-Type Problems},
  author = {Maxwell C. Siegel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.17030},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

Replaced due to minor typos in Proposition 7.6; these have been rectified

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