Definition:Convergent Sequence/P-adic Numbers/Definition 2

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Definition

Let $p$ be a prime number.

Let $\struct {\Q_p, \norm {\,\cdot\,}_p}$ be the $p$-adic numbers.

Let $\sequence {x_n} $ be a sequence in $\Q_p$.


The sequence $\sequence {x_n}$ converges to the limit $x \in \Q_p$ if and only if:

$\sequence {x_n}$ converges to $x$ in the $p$-adic norm