Questions tagged [p-adic-numbers]
The p-adic number system for any prime number p extends the ordinary arithmetic of the rational numbers in a different way from the extension of the rational number system to the real and complex number systems
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Do algebraic completion/topological completion of fields always terminate? If so, are they unique?
Take the field $\mathbb{Q}$, If we complete it topologically with respect to the Euclidean norm, we get $\mathbb{R}$, then if we complete it algebraically, we get $\mathbb{C}$.
On the other hand, the ...
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intuition for lattices in p-adic (or other non-Archimedean) vector spaces?
I could use some help to jumpstart my intuition for lattices in vector spaces over non-Archimedean fields, like $\mathbb{Q}_p$ and $\mathbb{F}_q((t))$.
I have some intuition for $\mathbb{Z}$-lattices ...
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On the isomorphism of the lattices of submodules of certain free modules
Let $K,L$ be two finite extensions of the $p$-adic field
$\mathbb{Q}_p$ of the same degree. Let $\mathcal{O}_K$ and
$\mathcal{O}_L$ be the ring of integers of these two fields, and let
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The character of a separable degree-$p$ extension of a local field of residual characteristic $p$ ?
Let $p$ be a prime number and $F$ a finite extension of ${\mathbf Q}_p$ or of ${\mathbf F}_p((t))$. I'm going to define a natural map from the set ${\mathcal S}_p(F)$ of degree-$p$ separable ...
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structure of norm one group for quadratic extension of p-adic fields
Let $F$ be a p-adic field (finite extensions of $\mathbb{Q}_p$ for some prime $p$), and $E/F$ be a quadratic extension. Use $\sigma$ to denote the nontrivial element in the Galois group $Gal(E/F)$. ...
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Polynomial reducible modulo every integer
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let $f\in\mathbb{Z}[X]$ be a monic polynomial. Assume that the reduction of $f$ modulo $m $ is reducible for all integers $m\geq 2$.
Q1: Is $f$ reducible in $\mathbb{Z}[X]$ ?
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Zero of the exponential p-adic
Consider the $p$-adic exponential defined over $\mathbb C_p$. One knows $\exp$ is analytic in the domain $\mathcal D=\{z\in\mathbb C_P\mid v_p(z)>\frac1{p-1}\}$. Does it exist an element $z_0\in\...
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Trace of n-th root of unity in cyclotomic extension of p-adic rationals
Let $n\in\mathbb N$ and $p$ be any prime. Denote by $\mathbb Q_p$ the $p$-adic numbers. For a field extension $L/K$ denote by $Tr_{L/K}$ the corresponding trace function.
Let $\zeta_n$ be a primitve $...
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p-adic noninvariance of dimension
Let $p$ be a prime number. Let $n,m \geq 1$ be such that the topological spaces $\mathbb{Q}_p^n$ and $\mathbb{Q}_p^m$ are homeomorphic. Can we conclude $n=m$?
For $\mathbb{Z}_p$ it's false: In fact, ...
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Integral Tate-Sen theory
Let $K$ be a finite extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$, and let $C=\widehat{\overline{K}}$ be the completion of the algebraic closure of $K$. Let $\mathscr{O}_C$ be the ring of integers in $C$, and let $G_K$ ...
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In what sense is $\Omega_p$ universal?
In Chapter 3 of the book ''A Course in $p$-adic Analysis'' A.M Robert defines the field $\Omega_p$. He calls the field ''universal'' but doesn't show a universal property. I would have guessed that it'...
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Perfect $\mathbb Z_\ell$-modules
Disclaimer : I asked this question on Maths.StackExchange 20 days ago (and started a bounty) here but got no answer, so I'm asking it here now (with no modification).
$\newcommand{\l}{\ell} \...
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A $p$-adic sum of reciprocals of powers
Let $p$ be a prime number and $k\geq 2$ an even integer. Consider the following $p$-adic integer:
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S_{p,k} := \lim_{r\to+\infty} \sum_{a=1}^{p^r} \big(\frac{p^r}{a}\big)^k
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Convergence is easy to ...
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Hasse invariant and the Clifford algbera
Let
$$q = a_1 x_1^2 + \cdots + a_n x_n^2$$
be a quadratic form over some $p$-adic field $\mathbb{Q}_p$. We thus have its Hasse invariant
$$\mathcal{h}(q) = \prod_{1 \leq i < j \leq n} (a_i,a_j)_p \...
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When do two lattices have the same stabilizer in the diagonal torus?
This is moved from MSE, where I asked and didn't receive an answer (see https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1145151/lattices-in-mathbbq-pn-with-the-same-stabilizer)
Let $T$ be the diagonal torus ...
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Are the $p$-adic digits of roots of unity equidistributed?
I was looking at the $p$-adic expansions of roots of unity in $\mathbf{Z}_p$, and I noticed that the digits tended to be equidistributed among the numbers $\{0, 1, \dots, p-1 \}$. I wanted to ask if ...
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Why are the $p$-adic $L$-functions for a modular form with $a_p=0$ conjugates?
I have a question about the proof of Theorem 3.5 in Pollack's 2003 paper On the $p$-adic L-function of a Modular Form at a Supersingular Prime.
The setup is as follows. Fix an eigenform $f\in S_k(N,\...
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Jacobson radical of a tensor product
Let $R$ be a commutative ring and $A_1$, $A_2$ be $R$-algebras. Is there any general mean to compute the Jacobson radical of the tensor product $A_1\otimes_R A_2$ in terms of ${\rm Rad}(A_i )$, $i=1,2$...
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Specifying cokernels of all powers of $p$-adic matrix
Given a matrix $A \in M_d(\mathbb{Z}_p)$ (with nonzero determinant), viewed as a map $\mathbb{Z}_p^d \to \mathbb{Z}_p^d$, I am interested in the sequence of abelian $p$-groups $\{coker(A^n)\}_{n \geq ...
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Choice of digits for extensions of $\mathbb{Q}_p$
I am interested in writing (in base $p$) elements of the maximal unramified extension $\mathbb{Q}_p^{\mathrm{unr}}$ of $\mathbb{Q}_p$, or (its completion) the field $\mathrm{W}(\mathbb{F}_p^{\mathrm{...
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Finite extensions of $\mathbb Q_p$
Is there any finite extension of $\mathbb Q_p$ which is not the completion of a finite extension of $\mathbb Q$ at some place over $p$?
Analogously in equicharacteristic, if $k=\overline {\mathbb F_p}$...
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Newton Method in $p$-adic case
The Newton Method over $\mathbb{R}$ has the property that the precision is doubled (under some continuous differentiable assumption) in each iteration. For the ring $\mathbb{Z}_p$ of $p$-adic integers,...
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Endomorphisms of the p-adic group $(\mathbb Z_p,+)$
Does there exist an endomorphism of $(\mathbb Z_p,+)$ of finite order different of $x\mapsto\xi x$ where $\xi$ is a root of unity in $\mathbb Z_p$?
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2-adic valuation of odd harmonic sums
(This question is cross-posted on math.stackexchange)
I'm playing with p-adic valuations, and find that the odd harmonic sums, $\tilde{H}_k=\sum_{i=1}^{k}\frac{1}{2i-1}$, has 2-adic valuation $||k^2||...
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Absolutely irreducible p-adic representation of the absolute Galois group of Q_p
Let $p$ be a prime number, $\mathbb{Q}_p$ the field of $p$-adic numbers, $G_p$ the absolute Galois group of $\mathbb{Q}_p$ and $V$ a finite dimensional vector space over $\mathbb{Q}_p$. Assume we are ...
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p-adic expansion for elements in algebraic closure of p-adic numbers
In the following I will describe a proposal for the p-adic expansion of the elements of the algebraic closure $\overline{\mathbb{Q}_p}$ of $\mathbb{Q}_p$. My question is if this "conjecture" has been ...
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Linear independence of p-adic logarithms (analog of Baker's theorem)
We have the following theorem of Baker:
Theorem 1. Let $\alpha_1, \ldots, \alpha_m \in \mathbb{C}$ be algebraic numbers $\neq 0, 1$ such that $\log \alpha_1, \ldots, \log \alpha_m$ are linearly ...
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Why is this a lattice?
Why is $\text{SL}_3(\mathbf{Z}[1/2])$ a lattice in $\text{SL}_3(\mathbf{R})\times\text{SL}_3(\mathbf{Q}_2)$? Discreteness is pretty clear, but why finite covolume? I understand why $\text{SL}_3(\...
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Equivalence of quadratic forms over $p$-adic integers vs over localisation at $p$
To discern whether two integral quadratic forms are equivalent over the $p$-adic integers, one can compute a Jordan decomposition at $p$ and read off some invariants. Restricting to $p\ne2$ for ...
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Describing the Gamma-transform explicitly in terms of power series
The Gamma transform of a measure is defined as follows. If $\alpha$ is a $\mathbf{Z}_p$-valued measure on $\mathbf{Z}_p$, then the Gamma transform of $\alpha$ is:
$$\Gamma_{\alpha}(s) = \int_{\mathbf{...
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p-adic L functions from Selmer groups - how canonical are they?
For this question, I am going to be very concrete but very much appreciate broader viewpoints. Let $F$ be a number field and define $F_n = F(\mu_{p^n})$ and let us suppose for simplicity that $\mu_p \...
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Computing the $p$-adic gamma function $\Gamma_p$
Let $p>2$ be a prime. For $n \in \mathbb{Z}^+$ we can define
\begin{equation}
F(n) = (-1)^n \prod_{1<i<n, p\nmid i} i.
\end{equation}
Since $\mathbb{Z}$ is dense in $\mathbb{Z}_p$, we can ...
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General algebraic result obtained from consideration on $\mathbb{Q}_p$
There are results in field theory which are obtained from, let's say, the complex numbers and then generalized to all algebraically closed fields.
For instance, the fact that a polynomial $P$ admits a ...
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Identity theorem in $p$-adic geometry/analysis
If one wants to do $p$-adic analysis and geometry, it is often bad so adapt "naively" complex analytic ideas, basically because $\mathbb{Q}_p$ is disconnected. The modern approach to this is,...
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Bezout-type theorem for $p$-adic analytic plane curves
Let $p$ be a prime, and let $f,g \in \mathbb{Z}_p[[x,y]]$ be power series convergent on all of $\mathbb{Z}_p$. Suppose that the intersection of the analytic plane curves cut out by $f$ and $g$ is ...
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defining the upper ramification numbering
Given a local field $K$ with absolute Galois group $\Gamma$. Is it "possible" to define the upper numbering on $\Gamma$ without using the lower numbering?
In other words, given $\gamma \in \...
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Analytic continuation of $f(x)=\sqrt{\frac{1-x}{1-x^p}}$ over the p-adics
Consider the power series $f(x)=\sqrt{\frac{1-x}{1-x^p}}$ over the algebraic closure of $\mathbb{Q}_p$, defined by $f(0)=1$.
What can be said about an analytic continuation "in the form of Mittag-...
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p-adic analogue of self-adjoint operator
Consider the very well-known result that any Hermitian matrix over $\mathbb{C}$, say $T$, admits a decomposition $T = UDU^*$ where $U$ is unitary and $D$ is diagonal with real entries. I am looking ...
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maximal abelian extension of quadratic extension of $\mathbb Q_p$
I read this article "Local class field theory via Lubin-Tate theory" http://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0606108v2.pdf. And I want to find the maximal abelian extensions for quadratic extensions of $\mathbb Q_p,...
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Automorphisms of $\mathbb C_p$
I am looking for a non-trivial automorphism $\sigma$ of $\mathbb C_p$ such that $\sigma(\mathbb Q_p)\subset\mathbb Q_p$.
If $\mathbb C_p$ were spherically complete, then by Hahn-Banach theorem, that ...
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convergent series representation for p-adic complex numbers
The field $\mathbb{C}_p$ of $p$-adic complex numbers is the completion of the algebraic closure of $\mathbb{Q}_p$ with the corresponding extension of the usual non-Archimedean valuation $|\;\;|_p$.
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Is $K^\times/ F^\times$ compact for local fields?
Let $K/F$ be a finite extension of local fields (of characteristic 0). Is it true that the quotient group $K^\times/ F^\times$ is always compact?
I understand that if the extension is cyclic, it is ...
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Maximum modulus principle over the $p$-adic integers
Consider $\mathbb{Z}_p$ the $p$-adic integers. Let $f\in\mathbb{Z}_p[x]$ be an arbitrary polynomial in one variable. Write $f(x) = \sum_{k}a_kx^k$. Is it true that $\|f\|:= \max_k |a_k|_p = \sup_{t \...
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Transcendence of a ratio of p-adic logarithms
Let $p, \ell_1, \ell_2$ be distinct prime numbers, and $x_1, x_2 \in \overline{\mathbf{Q}}^\times$.
If
$$ \frac{\log_p x_1}{\log_p \ell_1} = \frac{\log_p x_2}{\log_p \ell_2}, $$
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Reference for Ostrowski's 1916 Theorem?
I am looking for the original reference for Ostrowski's theorem of 1916 that the only valuations on the rational numbers are the trivial, Archimedean, and p-adic valuations.
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Subgroup of p-adic units
Let $\left(\widehat{\mathbb Z}\right)^\times=\prod_p{\mathbb Z}_p^\times$
be the unit group of the ring $\widehat{\mathbb{Z}}$, which is the profinite completion of $\mathbb Z$.
We give it the product ...
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When is a p-adic number a $p$th power over the field it generates
Does there exist an $\alpha$ in an algebraic closure $\mathbb{Q}_p^{\rm alg}$ of $\mathbb{Q}_p$ such that $\frac{p}{p-1} \geq v(\alpha)>0$ and $1+\alpha$ is a $p$th power in $\mathbb{Q}_p(\alpha)$?...
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Iwasawa logarithm and analytic continuation
I am reading Number Theory vol. 1 by Henri Cohen (among other things) and I am curious about the Iwasawa logarithm. Let $\mathbb{C}_p$ be the completion of the algebraic closure of $\mathbb{Q}_p$.
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Conductor and local Kronecker–Weber theorem
Given an abelian extension $K$ of $\mathbb{Q}$, the global Kronecker–Weber theorem tells us that there exist a positive integer $N$ and a primitive $N$-th root of unity $\zeta_N$ such that $K\subseteq ...
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Existence of intermediate field extensions for tamely ramified p-adic extensions
Let $p$ be a prime, and let $K/\mathbb{Q}_p$ be a tamely ramified finite extension of degree $n$. Let $q$ be a prime factor of $n$ with $q\neq p$. Must there exist an intermediate extension $L$ (...
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