On minimal decomposition of $p$-adic polynomial dynamical systems

Abstract: A polynomial of degree $\ge 2$ with coefficients in the ring of $p$-adic numbers $\mathbb{Z}_p$ is studied as a dynamical system on $\mathbb{Z}_p$. It is proved that the dynamical behavior of such a system is totally described by its minimal subsystems. For an arbitrary quadratic polynomial on $\mathbb{Z}_2$, we exhibit all its minimal subsystems.