p-adic numbers

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The p-adic numbers are a system of number fields that extend the rational numbers by measuring distance with respect to divisibility by a fixed prime p, playing a central role in modern number theory and arithmetic geometry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf complete valued field
field
local field
non-Archimedean field
number system
topological field
completionOf rational numbers with respect to the p-adic norm
constructedFrom p-adic absolute value
p-adic metric
contrastsWith real numbers
definedOver rational numbers
denotedBy Q_p NERFINISHED
distanceMeasures divisibility by p rather than size
extends rational numbers
formsPartOf product decomposition of adeles
generalizes Hensel’s lemma applications
hasAbsoluteValue p-adic absolute value
hasBasisOfNeighborhoodsOfZero powers of p
hasCharacteristic 0
hasElementRepresentation infinite series in powers of p with coefficients 0,…,p-1
hasPrime p
hasSubring Z_p
p-adic integers
hasTopologyInducedBy p-adic metric
hasValuation p-adic valuation
introducedBy Kurt Hensel NERFINISHED
introducedIn 1897
isCompleteWithRespectTo p-adic metric
isLocallyCompact true
isNonArchimedean true
isTotallyDisconnected true
maximalIdealGeneratedBy p
parameterizedBy prime number p
playsCentralRoleIn local analysis of arithmetic problems
relatedTo Hasse principle NERFINISHED
adeles
ideles
residueField finite field F_p
satisfies ultrametric inequality
usedIn Diophantine equations NERFINISHED
Galois representations NERFINISHED
Iwasawa theory NERFINISHED
algebraic number theory
arithmetic geometry
local class field theory
local-global principles
number theory
p-adic Hodge theory NERFINISHED
valuationRing p-adic integers

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Neal Koblitz authorOf p-adic numbers
this entity surface form: p-adic Numbers, p-adic Analysis, and Zeta-Functions
Hasse principle completion p-adic numbers
this entity surface form: p-adic numbers Q_p
Kurt Hensel notableIdea p-adic numbers