Amazing!
BTW, see http://www.numericana.com/answer/p-adic.htm#decimal for solutions to x^3 = x, x^4 = x etc.
Note that this works fine in the 10-adics but not in the p-adics for any prime p, because a polynomial over a field can’t have more roots than its degree.
Amazing!
BTW, see http://www.numericana.com/answer/p-adic.htm#decimal for solutions to x^3 = x, x^4 = x etc.
Note that this works fine in the 10-adics but not in the p-adics for any prime p, because a polynomial over a field can’t have more roots than its degree.