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Numbers & p-adics papers 8 papers
Mathematicians. Valuation theory and the p-adic and adelic programme, Bruhat-Tits trees and ultrametric geometry as mathematics, Ostrowski's theorem, numeral and radix systems, primes, arithmetic and algebraic structures, zeta and gamma functions.
Tree geometry. Trees, depth, hierarchies and dendrograms Tagged papers: 16.
Vertex-Anchored Geometry: Discrete Extremal Points as the Organizing Primitive of Non-Archimedean Space
Non-Archimedean (ultrametric) geometry, in which the strong triangle inequality $d(x,z) \le \max\{d(x,y),d(y,z)\}$ replaces the Euclidean one, lacks the smooth infinitesimal structure on which most physical and geometric intuition rests. We argue that in this setting the correct organizing primitive…
Optimal Radix q under Resource Constraints: A Reconciled Derivation Framework for Ultrametric Hierarchies
Hierarchical (ultrametric) representations organize N items in a q-ary tree of depth n = ⌈ln N / ln q⌉, and the choice of branching factor q determines how storage, interconnection, and traversal resources scale. Prior ultrametric modeling has treated the radix as a fixed structural parameter…
The Ultrametric Program: One Structural Object Across Seven Research Domains, and Its Falsifiable Tests
Seven research domains are claimed to be seven vocabularies for one structural object: nested hierarchical partition logic defined by the ultrametric inequality; the p-adic/adelic arithmetic is one realization, the hierarchy is the invariant. Three falsifiable hypotheses: H1 compression prior, H2…
Non-Archimedean Projective Perspective: The Monna Map as a Visual Rendering Interface
Things farther away appear smaller, and two-point linear perspective is taken to approximate the eye. That phenomenology is Archimedean geometry. This paper asks what changes if the metric of physical space were instead non-Archimedean and ultrametric. Four moves: (1) the Archimedean anatomy of…
Boundary Ultrametricity: The Tree vs. ∂∞𝒯 Distinction, Applied to the ZBW Transition Graph
ACRP-02 formal note. Boundary Gromov metric on dT_p is ultrametric and recovers |.|_p; tree vertex metric is NOT ultrametric. ZBW P1 Claim C2 corrected: 0-hyperbolic core, not ultrametric core (147/500 violations per paper data).
ultrametric-paradigm
Intelligence does not float free of its substrate. Every computational system makes an implicit commitment to a geometry—a structure of space that determines what can be represented, how information propagates, and what it means to learn. The history of artificial intelligence can be read as a…
Bruhat-Tits Tree as a Unifying Geometric Object
Modern artificial intelligence, particularly in high-stakes domains, is hampered by a fundamental geometric mismatch: the reliance on continuous, “flat” Euclidean spaces to represent intrinsically hierarchical data. This incongruity leads to information loss and the proliferation of opaque “black…
Nonlinear Tree-Based Numeration Systems: A Consolidated Synthesis
Positional notation is natively an ultrametric tree. This synthesis covers 5 research threads with extensions into quantum computing and interface design. https://papers.qnfo.org/papers. the QNFO archive: https://papers.qnfo.org/papers. Published:…
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