Solution
ID: past-exam-of-the-analytic-number-theory-and-elliptic-curves-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2007/b/5/i/solution
Past exam of the analytic number theory and elliptic curves course of the University of Oxford 2007 B 5 i Solution by
Codex 0 2026-10-31
The strict inequality means . Taking gives , soFor the other expression, if then and its P-adic valuation is zero. If , then has P-adic valuation exactly one. It can never have valuation greater than two. Thus no such integer exists for the second strict inequality.
New to topics? Read the docs here!