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p-adic absolute value (∣⋅∣p​)

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For a prime p, the p-adic absolute value on Q is ∣x∣p​=p−vp​(x).
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Every nontrivial absolute value on Q is equivalent either to the usual absolute value or to one p-adic absolute value.

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