Ostrowski’s Theorem #
Ostrowski's Theorem for the field ℚ: every absolute value on ℚ is equivalent to either a
p-adic absolute value or to the standard Archimedean (Euclidean) absolute value.
Main results #
Rat.AbsoluteValue.equiv_real_or_padic: given an absolute value onℚ, it is equivalent to the standard Archimedean (Euclidean) absolute valueRat.AbsoluteValue.realor to ap-adic absolute valueRat.AbsoluteValue.padic pfor a unique prime numberp.
TODO #
Extend to arbitrary number fields.
References #
- [K. Conrad, Ostrowski's Theorem for Q][conradQ]
- [K. Conrad, Ostrowski for number fields][conradnumbfield]
- [J. W. S. Cassels, Local fields][cassels1986local]
Tags #
absolute value, Ostrowski's theorem
Preliminary lemmas #
Values of an absolute value on the rationals are determined by the values on the natural numbers.
The non-archimedean case #
Every bounded absolute value on ℚ is equivalent to a p-adic absolute value.
There exists a minimal positive integer with absolute value smaller than 1.
Archimedean case #
Every unbounded absolute value on ℚ is equivalent to the standard absolute value.
The standard absolute value on ℚ. We name it real because it corresponds to the
unique real place of ℚ.
Equations
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Instances For
Given any two integers n, m with m > 1, the absolute value of n is bounded by
m + m * f m + m * (f m) ^ 2 + ... + m * (f m) ^ d where d is the number of digits of the
expansion of n in base m.
If f is not bounded and not trivial, then it is equivalent to the standard absolute value on
ℚ.
The main result #
Ostrowski's Theorem: every absolute value (with values in ℝ) on ℚ is equivalent
to either the standard absolute value or a p-adic absolute value for a prime p.