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p-adic numbers

p-adic numbers is the plural of p-adic number.

Meaning of p-adic number

Noun

p-adic number (plural p-adic numbers)

  1. An element of a completion of the field of rational numbers with respect to a p-adic ultrametric.
    • The expansion (21)2121ₚ is equal to the rational p-adic number #92;textstyle#123;2p#43;1#92;overp²-1#125;.

Questions about p-adic numbers

What is p-adic numbers the plural of?
P-adic numbers is the plural of p-adic number.

Words near p-adic numbers in the dictionary

  1. p-adic absolute value
  2. p-adic absolute values
  3. p-adic norm
  4. p-adic norms
  5. p-adic number
  6. p-adic numbers
  7. p-adic order
  8. p-adic orders
  9. p-adic ordinal
  10. p-adic ordinals
  11. p-adic ultrametric

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