GRAPH COMPONENTS AND DYNAMICS OVER FINITE FIELDS

RYAN FLYNN, DEREK GARTON
2014 International Journal of Number Theory  
For polynomials and rational maps of fixed degree over a finite field, we bound both the average number of connected components of their functional graphs as well as the average number of periodic points of their associated dynamical systems.
doi:10.1142/s1793042113501224 fatcat:dyfnepurhzfujhu45wzn5des6q