p-adic chaos and random number generation

Woodcock, C.F. and Smart, N.P. (1998) p-adic chaos and random number generation. Experimental Mathematics, 7 (4). pp. 333-342. ISSN 1058-6458.

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Abstract

We discuss the properties of p-adic analogues of the logistic and Smale horseshoe maps, and adapt them to form possible practical pseudo-random number generators. The properties of these practical modifications are studied in detail in the case p = 2.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled keywords: p-adic numbers; chaos theory; random numbers
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science)
Divisions: Faculties > Science Technology and Medical Studies > School of Mathematics Statistics and Actuarial Science
Depositing User: Tara Puri
Date Deposited: 25 Mar 2009 15:07
Last Modified: 25 Mar 2009 15:07
Resource URI: http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/17281 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)
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