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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 125 1 b Solution by
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Let be rational. If the 3-adic valuation satisfies , first cannot be negative: otherwise is the unique term of least valuation in , giving . If , the right side has valuation zero. If , its three terms have valuations at least , at least , and exactly , so . In every case .
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