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Solvability criteria for the equation xq = a in the field of p-adic numbers

  • University of Vigo
  • Institute of Mathematics

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Abstract

We establish the solvability criteria for the equation xq = a in the field of p-adic numbers, for any q in two cases: (i) q is not divisible by p; (ii) q = p. Using these criteria we show that any p-adic number can be represented in finitely many different forms and we describe the algorithms to obtain the corresponding representations. Moreover it is shown that solvability problem of xq = a for any q can be reduced to the cases (i) and (ii).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)853-864
Number of pages12
JournalBulletin of the Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society
Volume37
Issue number3
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Congruence
  • Solvability of an equation
  • p-adic number

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