A Course in p-adic Analysis / Edition 1

A Course in p-adic Analysis / Edition 1

by Alain M. Robert
ISBN-10:
1441931503
ISBN-13:
9781441931504
Pub. Date:
11/19/2010
Publisher:
Springer New York
ISBN-10:
1441931503
ISBN-13:
9781441931504
Pub. Date:
11/19/2010
Publisher:
Springer New York
A Course in p-adic Analysis / Edition 1

A Course in p-adic Analysis / Edition 1

by Alain M. Robert
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Overview

Kurt Hensel (1861-1941) discovered the p-adic numbers around the turn of the century. These exotic numbers (or so they appeared at first) are now well-established in the mathematical world and used more and more by physicists as well. This book offers a self-contained presentation of basic p-adic analysis. The author is especially interested in the analytical topics in this field. Some of the features which are not treated in other introductory p-adic analysis texts are topological models of p-adic spaces inside Euclidean space, a construction of spherically complete fields, a p-adic mean value theorem and some consequences, a special case of Hazewinkel's functional equation lemma, a remainder formula for the Mahler expansion, and most importantly a treatment of analytic elements.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781441931504
Publisher: Springer New York
Publication date: 11/19/2010
Series: Graduate Texts in Mathematics , #198
Edition description: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000
Pages: 438
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

1 p-adic Numbers.- 2 Finite Extensions of the Field of p-adic Numbers.- 3 Construction of Universal p-adic Fields.- 4 Continuous Functions on Zp.- 5 Differentiation.- 6 Analytic Functions and Elements.- 7 Special Functions, Congruences.- Specific References for the Text.- Tables.- Basic Principles of Ultrametric Analysis.- Conventions, Notation, Terminology.
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