Veritasium: The Strange Number System Used Only by Mathematicians
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There’s a strange number system, featured in the work of a dozen Fields Medalists, that helps solve problems that are intractable with real numbers.
References:
Koblitz, N. (2012). p-adic Numbers, p-adic Analysis, and Zeta-Functions (Vol. 58). Springer Science & Business Media.
Amazing intro to p-adic numbers here: YouTube
Excellent series on p-adic numbers: YouTube
Great videos by James Tanton: @JamesTantonMath▀▀▀
Written by Derek Muller and Alex Kontorovich
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