Let K be an algebraically closed and complete nonarchimedean field with characteristic 0 and let f∈K[z] be a polynomial of degree d≥2. We study the Lyapunov exponent L(f,μ) of f with respect to an f-invariant and ergodic Radon probability measure μ on the Berkovich Julia set of f and the lower Lyapunov exponent L−f(f(c)) of f at a critical value f(c). Under an integrability assumption, we show L(f,μ) has a lower bound only depending on d and K. In particular, if f is tame and has no wandering nonclassical Julia points, then L(f,μ) is nonnegative; moreover, if in addition f possesses a unique Julia critical point c0, we show L−f(f(c0)) is also nonnegative.

arXiv.2202.13550