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p-adic number
For each prime number p, the p-adic numbers form an extension of the rational numbers.
Explanation
The p in "p-adic" is a variable and may be replaced with a prime or an expression representing a prime number. The "adic" of "p-adic" comes from the ending found in words such as dyadic or triadic.
Example 1
The 2-adic development of 35 is written as
HistoryThe p-adic numbers were first described by German mathematician Kurt Hensel in 1897. |