The $p$-adic integers as final coalgebra
Number Theory
2015-06-05 v2
Abstract
We express the classical -adic integers , as a metric space, as a final colagebra to a certain endofunctor. We realize the addition and the multiplication on as the coalgebra maps from .
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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}
}