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I must have missed p-adics in school. This was a fun, interesting, and clear read.

• wging 3y ago
  They are typically not taught in school, at least in the US but probably elsewhere too. I don’t even know of a commonly taken undergrad-level course that I’d expect to cover them.
  • dividendpayee 3y ago
    They're often -- but not always -- touched on in advanced undergraduate classes, e.g. after real analysis and abstract algebra. Not every math undergraduate takes number theory these days.
    • wging 3y ago
      Which classes are you thinking of?
  • scheme271 3y ago
    My honors analysis class covered it. Although it the professor that taught the class worked in p-adic analysis so he snuck p-adics into the first quarter of the analysis sequence.