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There are the complex p-adic numbers. But what is the p-adic analogue of the Cayley–Dickson construction? Or more important: What is the p-adic analogue of the octonions? It would be nice if the (unit)...

Let $q$ be a power of a prime $p$. For every $i\in\mathbb N$, one denotes $D_i=\prod_{\substack{h\in\mathbb F_q[T]\text{ monic}\\\deg h=i}}\limits h$. For $n\in\mathbb N$, write $$n=n_0+n_1q+\cdots+...