p-adic ultrametric

English

Noun

p-adic ultrametric (plural p-adic ultrametrics)

1. (mathematics) 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]

Hypernyms

• ultrametric

Related terms

• p-adic number

References

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