Comparison of some notions of C^k-maps in multi-variable non-archimedian analysis

Abstract

Various definitions of C^k-maps on open subsets of finite-dimensional vector spaces over a complete valued field have been proposed in the literature. We show that the C^k-maps considered by Schikhof and De Smedt coincide with those of Bertram, Glockner and Neeb. By contrast, Ludkovsky's C^k-maps need not be C^k in the former sense, at least in positive characteristic. We also compare various types of Holder differentiable maps on finite-dimensional and metrizable spaces.