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The $p$-adic integers as final coalgebra

Number Theory 2015-06-05 v2

Abstract

We express the classical pp-adic integers Zp^\hat{\mathbb{Z}_p}, as a metric space, as a final colagebra to a certain endofunctor. We realize the addition and the multiplication on Zp^\hat{\mathbb{Z}_p} as the coalgebra maps from Zp^×Zp^\hat{\mathbb{Z}_p} \times \hat{\mathbb{Z}_p}.

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@article{arxiv.1504.01408,
  title  = {The $p$-adic integers as final coalgebra},
  author = {Prasit Bhattacharya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.01408},
  year   = {2015}
}
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