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Square-class group of the 2-adic numbers (Q2×​/(Q2×​)2)

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Area of mathematics Arithmetic Non-Archimedean analysis Local field p-adic unit 2-adic unit
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An odd 2-adic unit is a square exactly when it is congruent to 1 modulo 8. Valuation parity and the four odd residue classes modulo 8 therefore give
Q2×​/(Q2×​)2≅(Z/2Z)3,
(1)
with generators represented by −1, 2, and 5.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2023 / iii / Paper 136 / 2 / b / Solution

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