Residue Field of P-adic Norm on Rationals

Theorem
Let $\norm {\,\cdot\,}_p$ be the $p$-adic norm on the rationals $\Q$ for some prime $p$.

The induced residue field on $\struct {\Q,\norm {\,\cdot\,}_p}$ is isomorphic to the field $\F_p$ of integers modulo $p$.

Proof
By Valuation Ring of P-adic Norm on Rationals:
 * $\Z_{\ideal p} = \set {\dfrac a b \in \Q : p \nmid b}$

is the induced valuation ring on $\struct {\Q,\norm {\,\cdot\,}_p}$.

By Valuation Ideal of P-adic Norm on Rationals:
 * $p \Z_{\ideal p} = \set {\dfrac a b \in \Q : p \nmid b, p \divides a}$

is the induced valuation ideal on $\struct {\Q,\norm {\,\cdot\,}_p}$.

By definition, the induced residue field on $\struct {\Q,\norm {\,\cdot\,}_p}$ is the quotient ring $\Z_{\ideal p} / p \Z_{\ideal p}$.

By Quotient Ring of Integers with Principal Ideal, $\F_p$ is isomorphic to $\Z / p \Z$, where $p \Z$ is the principal ideal of $\Z$ generated by $p$.

To complete the proof it is sufficient to show that $\Z / p \Z$ is isomorphic to $\Z_{\ideal p} / p \Z_{\ideal p}$.

By Integers form Subring of Valuation Ring of P-adic Norm on Rationals then $\Z$ is a subring of $\Z_{\ideal p}$.

Let $\phi : \Z \to \Z_{\ideal p} / p \Z_{\ideal p}$ be the mapping defined by:
 * $\forall a \in \Z: \map \phi a = a + p \Z_{\ideal p}$

Lemma 3
Hence $\phi$ is a ring epimorphism with:
 * $p \Z = \map \ker \phi$

By Quotient Ring of Kernel of Ring Epimorphism then $\Z / p \Z$ is isomorphic to $\Z_{\ideal p} / p \Z_{\ideal p}$

The result follows.