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p-adic Numbers and Profinite Groups

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Profinite groups, inverse and direct limits, and p-adic numbers, are briefly discussed. The material in this chapter is prerequisite for Chaps. 11 and 12.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK

    Apostolos Vourdas

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Vourdas, A. (2017). p-adic Numbers and Profinite Groups. In: Finite and Profinite Quantum Systems. Quantum Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59495-8_10

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