Chaos in the p-adic Ising Model — When Prime Numbers Decide Phase Transitions.

Chaos in the p-adic Ising Model — When Prime Numbers Decide Phase Transitions

Two mathematicians from the UAE and Uzbekistan have proven that whether a p-adic spin model behaves predictably or descends into complete chaos depends entirely on the arithmetic of a single prime number — a result that opens entirely new territory…

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