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so with p-adics, can you have numbers to the right of the decimal as well or is that impossible?
like how we can have numbers off to both sides (1.1) is ...11111111.11 a thing?
The 10-adic numbers (and all composite based adic numbers) seem to have 0 Divisors.
The 10-adic numbers (and all composite based adic numbers) seem to have 0 Divisors.
"An infinite number that is its own square"
Me: 1 is infinite
This is the same way like negative numbers are represented in U2 system 😮
I love maths but this is crazy mind blowing
Fermat's Last Theorem always reminds me of: "I have a really hot girlfriend, but she goes to another school".
I watched this video 2 times and I got to say that spending some time on Brillient really helped.
The 1st time I didn't really get the arithmetic rules and methods of the 10-adics and p-adics.
Thanks to courses like "number-bases" I understood much better the 2nd time.
Nice video, just, why do you split the places with , ? It is so messy dude.... X(
Through this video 30m, he absolutely did a great job of proving that I am an idiot, gotta go get some soup.
This is the mathverse equivalent of stack overflowing
Even though I'm sure this video only scratches the surface of p-adics, I feel like I've ACTUALLY LEARNED something in half an hour and am inspired to learn moreabout something I previously had no particulr interest in. Thanks!
tRaq4aYPzCc&t=17m24s 17:24 that's a good question. Why not?
I'd heard of p-adic numbers and was vaguely familiar with their definition, but didn't know much about their motivation or applications. After watching your excellent video, I'm motivated to learn more about them.
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You should had put p-adic numbers in the title. This video would have been easier to find and for people like us who are starting to work with these numbers, this is a great introduction.
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I wonder if they have used the p-adic’s on the Great Pyramids? Imagine the pyramids as the tips on the rest of the p-adic’s cubes
This may sound dumb, but is this number theory?