# Characterisation of Non-Archimedean Division Ring Norms/Corollary 5

## Theorem

Let $\struct{R, \norm{\,\cdot\,}}$ be a normed division ring with unity $1_R$.

If $\norm{\,\cdot\,}$ is non-Archimedean then:

$\sup \set {\norm{n \cdot 1_R}: n \in \Z} = 1$.

where $n \cdot 1_R = \begin{cases} \underbrace {1_R + 1_R + \dots + 1_R}_{n \, times} &\mbox{if } n \gt 0 \\ 0 &\mbox{if } n = 0 \\ \\ -\underbrace {\paren {1_R + 1_R + \dots + 1_R}}_{-n \, times} &\mbox{if } n \lt 0 \\ \end{cases}$

## Proof

$\sup \set {\norm{n \cdot 1_R}: n \in \N_{\gt 0}} = 1$.
$\norm{0 \cdot 1_R} = 0 \le 1$

Let $n \lt 0$ then:

 $\displaystyle \norm{n \cdot 1_R}$ $=$ $\displaystyle \norm{ -\underbrace {\paren {1_R + 1_R + \dots + 1_R} }_{-n \, times} }$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\displaystyle$  $\displaystyle$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\displaystyle$ $=$ $\displaystyle \norm{\underbrace {1_R + 1_R + \dots + 1_R}_{-n \, times} }$ $\quad$ Norm of Negative $\quad$ $\displaystyle$  $\displaystyle$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\displaystyle$ $=$ $\displaystyle \norm{\paren {-n} \cdot 1_R}$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\displaystyle$  $\displaystyle$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\displaystyle$ $\le$ $\displaystyle 1$ $\quad$ Characterisation of Non-Archimedean Division Ring Norms $\quad$

The result follows.

$\blacksquare$