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P-adic Analysis
In mathematics, ''p''-adic analysis is a branch of number theory that studies functions of ''p''-adic numbers. Along with the more classical fields of real and complex analysis, which deal, respectively, with functions on the real and complex numbers, it belongs to the discipline of mathematical analysis. The theory of complex-valued numerical functions on the ''p''-adic numbers is part of the theory of locally compact groups ( abstract harmonic analysis). The usual meaning taken for ''p''-adic analysis is the theory of ''p''-adic-valued functions on spaces of interest. Applications of ''p''-adic analysis have mainly been in number theory, where it has a significant role in diophantine geometry and diophantine approximation. Some applications have required the development of ''p''-adic functional analysis and spectral theory. In many ways ''p''-adic analysis is less subtle than classical analysis, since the ultrametric inequality means, for example, that convergence of in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3-adic Integers With Dual Colorings
In number theory, given a prime number , the -adic numbers form an extension of the rational numbers which is distinct from the real numbers, though with some similar properties; -adic numbers can be written in a form similar to (possibly infinity (mathematics), infinite) decimal representation, decimals, but with digits based on a prime number rather than ten, and extending to the left rather than to the right. For example, comparing the expansion of the rational number \tfrac15 in Ternary numeral system, base vs. the -adic expansion, \begin \tfrac15 &= 0.01210121\ldots \ (\text 3) &&= 0\cdot 3^0 + 0\cdot 3^ + 1\cdot 3^ + 2\cdot 3^ + \cdots \\[5mu] \tfrac15 &= \dots 121012102 \ \ (\text) &&= \cdots + 2\cdot 3^3 + 1 \cdot 3^2 + 0\cdot3^1 + 2 \cdot 3^0. \end Formally, given a prime number , a -adic number can be defined as a series (mathematics), series s=\sum_^\infty a_i p^i = a_k p^k + a_ p^ + a_ p^ + \cdots where is an integer (possibly negative), and each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infinite Series
In mathematics, a series is, roughly speaking, an addition of infinitely many terms, one after the other. The study of series is a major part of calculus and its generalization, mathematical analysis. Series are used in most areas of mathematics, even for studying finite structures in combinatorics through generating functions. The mathematical properties of infinite series make them widely applicable in other quantitative disciplines such as physics, computer science, statistics and finance. Among the Ancient Greeks, the idea that a potentially infinite summation could produce a finite result was considered paradoxical, most famously in Zeno's paradoxes. Nonetheless, infinite series were applied practically by Ancient Greek mathematicians including Archimedes, for instance in the quadrature of the parabola. The mathematical side of Zeno's paradoxes was resolved using the concept of a limit during the 17th century, especially through the early calculus of Isaac Newton. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newton Series
A finite difference is a mathematical expression of the form . Finite differences (or the associated difference quotients) are often used as approximations of derivatives, such as in numerical differentiation. The difference operator, commonly denoted \Delta, is the operator that maps a function to the function \Delta /math> defined by \Delta x) = f(x+1)-f(x). A difference equation is a functional equation that involves the finite difference operator in the same way as a differential equation involves derivatives. There are many similarities between difference equations and differential equations. Certain recurrence relations can be written as difference equations by replacing iteration notation with finite differences. In numerical analysis, finite differences are widely used for approximating derivatives, and the term "finite difference" is often used as an abbreviation of "finite difference approximation of derivatives". Finite differences were introduced by Brook Taylor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polynomial Function
In mathematics, a polynomial is a mathematical expression consisting of indeterminates (also called variables) and coefficients, that involves only the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and exponentiation to nonnegative integer powers, and has a finite number of terms. An example of a polynomial of a single indeterminate is . An example with three indeterminates is . Polynomials appear in many areas of mathematics and science. For example, they are used to form polynomial equations, which encode a wide range of problems, from elementary word problems to complicated scientific problems; they are used to define polynomial functions, which appear in settings ranging from basic chemistry and physics to economics and social science; and they are used in calculus and numerical analysis to approximate other functions. In advanced mathematics, polynomials are used to construct polynomial rings and algebraic varieties, which are central concepts in algebra and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Difference Operator
In mathematics, a recurrence relation is an equation according to which the nth term of a sequence of numbers is equal to some combination of the previous terms. Often, only k previous terms of the sequence appear in the equation, for a parameter k that is independent of n; this number k is called the ''order'' of the relation. If the values of the first k numbers in the sequence have been given, the rest of the sequence can be calculated by repeatedly applying the equation. In ''linear recurrences'', the th term is equated to a linear function of the k previous terms. A famous example is the recurrence for the Fibonacci numbers, F_n=F_+F_ where the order k is two and the linear function merely adds the two previous terms. This example is a linear recurrence with constant coefficients, because the coefficients of the linear function (1 and 1) are constants that do not depend on n. For these recurrences, one can express the general term of the sequence as a closed-form expression of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Characteristic (algebra)
In mathematics, the characteristic of a ring , often denoted , is defined to be the smallest positive number of copies of the ring's multiplicative identity () that will sum to the additive identity (). If no such number exists, the ring is said to have characteristic zero. That is, is the smallest positive number such that: : \underbrace_ = 0 if such a number exists, and otherwise. Motivation The special definition of the characteristic zero is motivated by the equivalent definitions characterized in the next section, where the characteristic zero is not required to be considered separately. The characteristic may also be taken to be the exponent of the ring's additive group, that is, the smallest positive integer such that: : \underbrace_ = 0 for every element of the ring (again, if exists; otherwise zero). This definition applies in the more general class of rngs (see '); for (unital) rings the two definitions are equivalent due to their distributive law. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field (mathematics)
In mathematics, a field is a set (mathematics), set on which addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division (mathematics), division are defined and behave as the corresponding operations on rational number, rational and real numbers. A field is thus a fundamental algebraic structure which is widely used in algebra, number theory, and many other areas of mathematics. The best known fields are the field of rational numbers, the field of real numbers and the field of complex numbers. Many other fields, such as field of rational functions, fields of rational functions, algebraic function fields, algebraic number fields, and p-adic number, ''p''-adic fields are commonly used and studied in mathematics, particularly in number theory and algebraic geometry. Most cryptographic protocols rely on finite fields, i.e., fields with finitely many element (set), elements. The theory of fields proves that angle trisection and squaring the circle cannot be done with a compass and straighte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journal Für Die Reine Und Angewandte Mathematik
''Crelle's Journal'', or just ''Crelle'', is the common name for a mathematics journal, the ''Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik'' (in English: ''Journal for Pure and Applied Mathematics''). History The journal was founded by August Leopold Crelle (Berlin) in 1826 and edited by him until his death in 1855. It was one of the first major mathematical journals that was not a proceedings of an academy. It has published many notable papers, including works of Niels Henrik Abel, Georg Cantor, Gotthold Eisenstein, Carl Friedrich Gauss and Otto Hesse. It was edited by Carl Wilhelm Borchardt from 1856 to 1880, during which time it was known as ''Borchardt's Journal''. The current editor-in-chief is Daniel Huybrechts (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn). Past editors * 1826–1856: August Leopold Crelle * 1856–1880: Carl Wilhelm Borchardt * 1881–1888: Leopold Kronecker, Karl Weierstrass Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass (; ; 31 October 1815 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Mahler
Kurt Mahler FRS (26 July 1903 – 25 February 1988) was a German mathematician who worked in the fields of transcendental number theory, diophantine approximation, ''p''-adic analysis, and the geometry of numbers.The Kurt Mahler Archive available from CARMA research center at carmamaths.org Career Mahler was a student at the universities in and , graduating with a Ph.D. from |
Rational Number
In mathematics, a rational number is a number that can be expressed as the quotient or fraction of two integers, a numerator and a non-zero denominator . For example, is a rational number, as is every integer (for example, The set of all rational numbers is often referred to as "the rationals", and is closed under addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division by a nonzero rational number. It is a field under these operations and therefore also called the field of rationals or the field of rational numbers. It is usually denoted by boldface , or blackboard bold A rational number is a real number. The real numbers that are rational are those whose decimal expansion either terminates after a finite number of digits (example: ), or eventually begins to repeat the same finite sequence of digits over and over (example: ). This statement is true not only in base 10, but also in every other integer base, such as the binary and hexadecimal ones (see ). A real n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absolute Value (algebra)
In algebra, an absolute value is a function that generalizes the usual absolute value. More precisely, if is a field or (more generally) an integral domain, an ''absolute value'' on is a function, commonly denoted , x, , from to the real numbers satisfying: It follows from the axioms that , 1, = 1, , -1, = 1, and , -x, =, x, for every . Furthermore, for every positive integer , , n, \le n, where the leftmost denotes the sum of summands equal to the identity element of . The classical absolute value and its square root are examples of absolute values, but not the square of the classical absolute value, which does not fulfill the triangular inequality. An absolute value such that , x+y, \le \max(, x, , , y, ) is an '' ultrametric absolute value.'' An absolute value induces a metric (and thus a topology) by d(f,g) = , f - g, . Examples *The standard absolute value on the integers. *The standard absolute value on the complex numbers. *The ''p''-adic absolute val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Ostrowski
Alexander Markowich Ostrowski (; ; 25 September 1893 – 20 November 1986) was a mathematician. Biography His father Mark having been a merchant, Alexander Ostrowski attended the Kiev College of Commerce, not a high school, and thus had an insufficient qualification to be admitted to university. However, his talent did not remain undetected: Ostrowski's mentor, Dmitry Grave, wrote to Edmund Landau and Kurt Hensel for help. Subsequently, Ostrowski began to study mathematics at Marburg University under Hensel's supervision in 1912. During World War I he was interned, but thanks to the intervention of Hensel, the restrictions on his movements were eased somewhat, and he was allowed to use the university library. After the war ended, Ostrowski moved to Göttingen where he wrote his doctoral dissertation and was influenced by David Hilbert, Felix Klein, and Landau. In 1920, after having obtained his doctorate from the University of Göttingen, Ostrowski moved to Hamburg where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
