Meaning of p-adic ultrametric | Babel Free

Definitions

The ultrametric with prime number p as parameter defined as d_p(x,y)=|x-y|ₚ; i.e., such that the distance between two rational numbers is equal to the p-adic absolute value of the difference between those two numbers.

Examples

“On p'''-adic ultrametrics in the genome / In previous section we demonstrated that codons and amino acids are elements of some p'''-adic ultrametric spaces.”

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