 Subadditivity of the base-p digit sum (source code)

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= Subadditivity of the base-p digit sum

For nonnegative integers $x$ and $y$,
$$
d_p(x+y)\leq d_p(x)+d_p(y).
$$
In column addition, every carry replaces $p$ units in one digit by one unit in the next digit and therefore decreases the digit sum by $p-1$.

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