In the course of their undergraduate careers, most mathematics majors see little beyond "standard mathematics: " basic real and complex analysis, ab- stract algebra, some differential geometry, etc.
Such a visit offers a glimpse of a part of mathematics which is both importa.
The goal of this book is to offer such an opportunity, by way of a visit to the P-Adic universe.
There are few adventures in other territories, and few opportunities to visit some of the more exotic cor- ners of mathematics.
In the course of their undergraduate careers, most mathematics majors see little beyond "standard mathematics: " basic real and complex analysis, ab- stract algebra, some differential geometry, etc