 Height of a rational number (source code)

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= Height of a rational number

For coprime <integers> $p,q$ with $q>0$,
$$
H(p/q)=\max\{|p|,q\}.
$$
This follows directly from the real and <p-adic absolute value>[p-adic absolute values], or from the <height-Mahler measure formula> for the primitive <polynomial> $qX-p$.

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