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To add to Achim's answer, Bousfield and Kan, "The core of a ring" JPAA 1972 and (correction) 1973 define a ring $R$ to be a "solid" if the multiplication map $R\otimes_{\mathbb{Z}}R\to R$ is an isomorphism. They then go on to characterise solid rings. There is also a related discussion on page 44 of their book, "Homotopy limits, completions and localizations".

If a ring $R$ is solid, then for any right $R$-module $A$ and left $R$-module $B$, we have $$A\otimes_{\mathbb{Z}} B \cong A\otimes_R R\otimes_{\mathbb{Z}} R \otimes_R B \cong A\otimes_R R \otimes_R B\cong A\otimes_R B.$$ So your question is asking whether the ring of $p$-adic numbers $\mathbb{Z}_p$ is solid.

The ring of $\mathbb{Z}_p$ is not solid in the sense of Bousfield and Kan. This follows from their paper, or from the answer of Achim above.

To add to Achim's answer, Bousfield and Kan, "The core of a ring" JPAA 1972 and (correction) 1973 define a ring $R$ to be a "solid" if the multiplication map $R\otimes_{\mathbb{Z}}R\to R$ is an isomorphism. They then go on to characterise solid rings. There is also a related discussion on page 44 of their book, "Homotopy limits, completions and localizations".

To add to Achim's answer, Bousfield and Kan, "The core of a ring" JPAA 1972 and (correction) 1973 define a ring $R$ to be a "solid" if the multiplication map $R\otimes_{\mathbb{Z}}R\to R$ is an isomorphism. They then go on to characterise solid rings. There is also a related discussion on page 44 of their book, "Homotopy limits, completions and localizations".

If a ring $R$ is solid, then for any right $R$-module $A$ and left $R$-module $B$, we have $$A\otimes_{\mathbb{Z}} B \cong A\otimes_R R\otimes_{\mathbb{Z}} R \otimes_R B \cong A\otimes_R R \otimes_R B\cong A\otimes_R B.$$ So your question is asking whether the ring of $p$-adic numbers $\mathbb{Z}_p$ is solid.

The ring of $\mathbb{Z}_p$ is not solid in the sense of Bousfield and Kan. This follows from their paper, or from the answer of Achim above.

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Dave Benson
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To add to Achim's answer, Bousfield and Kan, "The core of a ring" JPAA 1972 and (correction) 1973 define a ring $R$ to be a "solid" if the multiplication map $R\otimes_{\mathbb{Z}}R\to R$ is an isomorphism. They then go on to characterise solid rings. There is also a related discussion on page 44 of their book, "Homotopy limits, completions and localizations".