p-adic ultrametric

English

Noun

p-adic ultrametric (plural p-adic ultrametrics)

  1. (number theory) The ultrametric with prime number p as parameter defined as ; i.e., such that the distance between two rational numbers is equal to the p-adic absolute value of the difference between those two numbers.[1]

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References
  1. 2008, Jacqui Ramagge, Unreal numbers: The story of p-adic numbers
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