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 of a global field . 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 -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