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p-adic Analysis Compared with Real Svetlana Katok

p-adic Analysis Compared with Real By Svetlana Katok

p-adic Analysis Compared with Real by Svetlana Katok


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Introduces $p$-adic numbers from the point of view of number theory, topology, and analysis. Covering several topics from real analysis and elementary topology, this book includes totally disconnected spaces and Cantor sets, points of discontinuity of maps and the Baire Category Theorem, and surjectivity of isometries of compact metric spaces.

p-adic Analysis Compared with Real Summary

p-adic Analysis Compared with Real by Svetlana Katok

The book gives an introduction to $p$-adic numbers from the point of view of number theory, topology, and analysis. Compared to other books on the subject, its novelty is both a particularly balanced approach to these three points of view and an emphasis on topics accessible to undergraduates. In addition, several topics from real analysis and elementary topology which are not usually covered in undergraduate courses (totally disconnected spaces and Cantor sets, points of discontinuity of maps and the Baire Category Theorem, surjectivity of isometries of compact metric spaces) are also included in the book. They will enhance the reader's understanding of real analysis and intertwine the real and $p$-adic contexts of the book. The book is based on an advanced undergraduate course given by the author. The choice of the topic was motivated by the internal beauty of the subject of $p$-adic analysis, an unusual one in the undergraduate curriculum, and abundant opportunities to compare it with its much more familiar real counterpart. The book includes a large number of exercises. Answers, hints, and solutions for most of them appear at the end of the book. Well written, with obvious care for the reader, the book can be successfully used in a topic course or for self-study.

Table of Contents

Arithmetic of the $p$-adic numbers The topology of $\\mathbb{Q}_p$ vs. the topology of $\\mathbb{R}$ Elementary analysis in $\\mathbb{Q}_p$ $p$-adic functions Answers, hints, and solutions for selected exercises Bibliography Index.

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GOR013438201
9780821842201
082184220X
p-adic Analysis Compared with Real by Svetlana Katok
Used - Like New
Paperback
American Mathematical Society
20070430
152
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