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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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Levis, parabolics and Bruhat-Tits over Henselian local rings

Let $(R,m)$ be a Henselian local ring with algebraically closed or finite residue field $k$ and fraction field $F$. For example, we may work with $R=W(\mathbb F_p^{alg})$. The paper "Reductive ...
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Is there a theory of completions of semirings similar to $I$-adic completions of rings?

Let $L = \text{Con } (\mathbb{N}, 0, +) \setminus \Delta$ be the lattice of monoid congruences on the naturals, excluding the trivial congruence. As it happens, every $\theta \in L$ is the meet of ...
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Some good journals in $p$-adic number theory

Over the past few decades, a vast research area in number theory is surrounded by the $p$-adic field $\mathbb{Q}_p$ and its extensions. My question is on different perspective. What are the lists of ...
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Can a p-adic ball cover a p-adic ball?

Are there a polynomials $f_1,...f_n \in \mathbb{Z}_p[x_1,...x_n]$ with there coeficients $p$-adic integers s.t. A map $F:\mathbb{Z}_p^n\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}_p^n$ defined by $f_1,...f_n$ satisfy the ...
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The simply connectedness of $\mathbb{A}^n_{\mathbb{Q}_p}$

My question is how to prove the affine $n$-space over $p$-adic number $\mathbb{Q}_p$ is simply connected. To be precise, Let $X$ be $p$-adically analytic manifold, $f:X\rightarrow \mathbb{A}^n_{\...
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A specific $2$-dimensional Galois representation of $G_{\mathbb{Q}_2}$ and its Langlands correspondence

I am interested in understanding a situation in (classical, not $p$-adic) local Langlands for $\mathrm{GL}_p(\mathbb{Q}_p)$. An example of it is as follows: Let $F=\mathbb{Q}_2$ and $E$ be the ...
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A question on distinguished pairs

I am reading Alexandru, Popescu, and Zaharescu, "On the Closed Subfields of $\mathbb{C}_p$" (see https://tinyurl.com/kknmzbyx). The authors give the following definition: Let $\alpha, \beta \...
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Time complexity of Magma's `NormEquation` for quadratic extensions of $2$-adic fields

Note: This is similar to, but easier than, a previous question I asked here. It is a different question! I'm hoping this one might get an answer because it concerns a standard algorithm, whereas the ...
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Galois action on the cohomology of a curve over a local field with bad reduction

Let $C/\mathbb Q_p$ (or a p-adic local field more generally) be a smooth projective curve with split semistable reduction over $\mathbb Z_p$. What can we say about the action of the Galois group $\...
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Volume of a double class of a parahoric subgroup

Let $F$ be a non-archimedean local field with residue field $F_q$. Let $G$ be the group of $F$-rational points of a connected reductive group defined and split over $F$. Fix a maximal split torus $T$ ...
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What is the action of the Galois group due to Lubin-Tate formal group on the respective Tate module?

It is a well-known fact that a Tate module $T_p(A)$ of an abelian group (abelian variety or commutative group scheme) $A$ over a field $K$, equipped with a continuous action of the respective absolute ...
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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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Ramification at particular level of a tower of extensions of local field

Let $K$ be an unramified extension of the $p$-adic number field $\mathbb{Q}_p$. Suppose we have a tower of extensions: $$K=:K(u_0) \subset K(u_1) \subset K(u_2) \subset K(u_3) \subset \cdots \subset ...
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Finite-order automorphisms in the absolute Galois group of a $p$-adic field?

I'm searching for a sort of analogue of the complex conjugation. More precisely, let $K$ be a characteristic zero field complete with respect to an ultrametric absolute value. Let $C$ be the ...
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What circumstances guarantee a p-adic affine conjugacy map will be a rational function?

Let $\Bbb Q_p$ be a p-adic field and let any element $x$ of $\Bbb Q_p$ be associated with a unique element of $\Bbb Z_p$ via the quotient / equivalence relation $\forall n\in\Bbb Z:p^nx\sim x$ Then in ...
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Integral closure in the algebraic closure of $p$-adic numbers

Let $p$ be a prime number and let $\overline{\mathbb{Q}}_p$ be a fixed algebraic closure of the $p$-adic numbers $\mathbb{Q}_p$. It is well know that the ring of integers of $\mathbb{Q}_p$ is the ring ...
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Problem Deducing the value of Quadratic Hilbert Symbol from Explicit Formulas

This question concerns the explicit law for the Hilbert Symbol given in Sur les lois de réciprocfites explicites I by Henniart. I am trying to deduce the classical value of the Hilbert Symbol in $\...
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Does there exist a polynomial that extracts the highest digit of an integer in base p?

Given an odd prime $p$, a positive integer $1 \lt n$, and an integer $x \in \mathbb{Z}/p^n\mathbb{Z}$, does there exist an an integer-coefficient polynomial that extracts the highest digit of $x$? The ...
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Can every $\ast$-algebra be represented in this space of matrices?

Let $k$ be a field with characteristic $0$. For every set $X$, let $\mathcal{B}(X)$ be the set of (possibly infinite) matrices $T = (T_{x,y})_{x,y \in X}$ with coefficients in $k$ such that in each ...
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Can the p-adic be countable?

Recently arxiv submitted a new paper (Andrej Bauer, James E. Hanson, The Countable Reals) claiming an incredible theorem that Dedekind reals are not sequence-avoiding, and furthermore obtaining a ...
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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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On an isomorphism between $p$-adic power series and an inverse limit

Let $K$ be an extension field of $\mathbb{Q}_p$, let $O$ be the ring of integers of $K$, and let $P$ be the maximal ideal of $O$. If $K$ is a finite extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$, there is the well-...
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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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Is the extension field by zeros of $x^{2m}-p^{2(m-1)}=0$ over $\mathbb Q_p$ totally ramified?

Let $m \geq 2$ be an integer. Consider the polynomial $f(x)=x^{2m}-p^{2(m-1)} \in \mathbb{Q}_p[x]$. I want to study the field extension by the zeros of $f(x)$ over $\mathbb{Q}_p$. What is the degree ...
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Computing preimage of element under norm map of quadratic extension of $2$-adic fields

Let $F$ be a $2$-adic field, i.e. a finite extension of the $2$-adic numbers $\mathbb{Q}_2$. Suppose that I have a quadratic extension $E = F(\sqrt{d})$ of $F$. Given a unit $\alpha \in \mathcal{O}_F^\...
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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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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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Approximating $p$-adic power series by polynomials

Let $p$ be a prime, and let $f \in \mathbb{Z}_p[[x_1,\dots,x_d]]$ be a power series convergent on all of $\mathbb{Z}_p^d$. We make the following definition concerning the approximation of $f$ by ...
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How do you prove that the series 5, 25, 625, ... can be continued forever to give a 10-adic solution to $n^2=n$? [closed]

How do you prove that the series 5, 25, 625, ... can be continued forever to give a 10-adic solution to $n^2=n$? Here's a proof for a different solution (...1787109376): https://oeis.org/A018248/...
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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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p-adic Banach space and complete tensor product

Let $p$ be a prime and $\mathbb{C}_{p}$ the completion of the algebraic closure of the $p$-adic number field $\mathbb{Q}_p$. Let $M$ be a $\mathbb{Q}_p$-Banach space. We denote by $M\mathbin{\widehat{\...
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Compact subgroups of a linear group over non-Archimedean local field

$\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}$Let $\mathbb{F}$ be a non-Archimedean local field. Let $\mathcal{O}$ be its ring of integers. Is it true that any compact subgroup of $\GL_n(\mathbb{F})$ is conjugated to ...
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How to get a ball in the nonvanishing locus of a polynomial in $\mathbb Z_p[x_1,\cdots,x_n]$ canonically?

Suppose $f\in \mathbb Z_p[x_1,\cdots,x_n]$, and consider $D(f):=\{(𝑥_1,…,𝑥_𝑛)∈ℤ^𝑛_𝑝:𝑓(𝑥_1,…,𝑥_𝑛)≠0\}\subset \mathbb Z_p^n$. How to calculate a radius $r$ from the datum of $f$ such that $D(f)$...
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Algebraic properties of Witt vectors $W(K^{\flat\circ})$, $K$ a characteristic 0 perfectoid field

Let $K$ be as in the title with tilt $K^\flat$. $W = W(K^{\circ\flat})$ satisfies a universal property: it is the unique $p$-adically complete $p$-torsion free $\mathbb{Z}_p$-algebra $A$ with $A / pA \...
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Quadratic unramified extension of a p-adic field

Let $F$ be a non-archimedean local field of residual characteristic $p\neq 2$, and let $E=F[\sqrt{\epsilon}]$ be the quadractic unramified extension, here $\epsilon$ is a non-square element of $\...
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How do I extend the $2$-adic absolute value to prove Monsky's Theorem?

In proving Monsky's Theorem, it is required that we define the $2$-adic absolute value on an arbitrary finitely generated extension of $\mathbb{Q}$ say $\mathbb{K}=\mathbb{Q}(\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_n)$...
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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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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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What is $\mathbb{Q}_1$, the "field of $1$-adic numbers"?

(Disclaimer: I'm totally ignorant about $\mathbb{F}_1$ theory) There are now (several) working definitions of the "field with one element" $\mathbb{F}_1$ (not literally a field, of course), and ...
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A vanishing sum and related $p$-adic congruences

Recently I had a curious discovery. Namely, I have made the following conjectures. Conjecture 1. We have the identity $$\sum_{k=0}^\infty\frac{(10k-1)\binom{3k}k\binom{6k}{3k}}{(2k+1)512^k}=0.\label{1}...
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Finitely generated $\mathbb{Z}$-algebra embeds into unramified $p$-adic ring

Let $R$ be a finitely generated ring, that is, a $\mathbb{Z}$-algebra of finite type. Assume that $\operatorname{char}(R) = 0$. It follows from Noether's normalization lemma that $R$ can be embedded ...
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Is this submonoid of the isometry group on $\Bbb Q_2$ closed to inverses? [closed]

Let $\textrm{aff}(ax+b)$ be the affine group on $\Bbb Z_2^\times$ i.e. the set of linear polynomials over 2-adic numbers with $a\in\Bbb Z_2^\times, b\in\Bbb Z_2$ Now let $X$ be the restriction of its ...
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Space of non-archimedean characters is nonempty

Let $k$ be an algebraically closed complete non-archimedean field. Let $\mathcal{O}_k$ be its ring of integers. Suppose that $A$ is a $k$-Banach algebra, and $B$ is its closed unitary ball. Note that $...
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Multivariable Weierstrass preparation theorem

The Weierstrass preparation theorem for formal power series says the following: Let $f(T) \in \mathbf{Z}_p [[ T ]]$ be a formal power series. Then we can write $f(T) = p^{\mu} \cdot u(T) \cdot g(T)$, ...
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Unramified extension over $ \mathbb{Q}_{p} $

Let $\mathbb{Q}_{p}$ be a p-adic field such that $ p \neq 2 $. We knew that for every $ n=2m $ there exists exactly one unramified extension $ K $ of $ \mathbb{Q}_{p} $ of degree $ n $, obtained by ...
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Twist of the Tate Curve

Suppose we have an elliptic curve $E$ over $K$, an $l$-adic field. Say that $|j(E)|>1$ where $|.|$ is the $l$-adic valuation. By the theory of the Tate curve $E$ is isomorphic over $L$ to a Tate ...
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Why does the field norm on the field extension $ \mathbb C/\mathbb R $ induce a vector space norm?

There is a general result which holds for the rational numbers $ \mathbb Q $ (as well as number fields in general): For any completion $ K $ of $ \mathbb Q $ and any finite extension $ L/K $ of ...
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Does $17x^4+y^2=-1$ have solution in $\Bbb{Q}_2(\sqrt{-5})$?

This question raised when I tried to calculate $2$-Selmer group of elliptic curve $E:y^2=x^3+17x$ over $\Bbb{Q}(\sqrt{-5})$. $17x^4+y^2=-1$ does not have solution in $\Bbb{Q}_2$ (https://math....
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Regarding the Challenge Problem in 3Blue1Brown's most recent video: Will $\binom{x}{4}+\binom{x}{2}+1=2^k$ for $x>10$? [duplicate]

Link to the video here with timestamp In deriving the formula for regions of Moser's Circle Problem, it observed that the formula $$ F(x)=\binom{x}{4}+\binom{x}{2}+1 $$ achieves values that are equal ...
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Topological generators for $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbf{Z}_p)$

$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}$ Let $p>3$ and $G$ be an open subgroup of the special linear group $\SL_2(\mathbf{Z}_p)$ over the ring $\mathbf{Z}_p$ of $p$-adic integers. Suppose that $G$ is ...

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