p-adic analytic
Definition.
Let be the field of complex -adic numbers (http://planetmath.org/ComplexPAdicNumbers). Let be a domain in . A function is -adic analytic
if has a Taylor series
(with coefficients in ) about each point that converges to the function in an open neighborhood of .
For example, the -adic exponential function (http://planetmath.org/PAdicExponentialAndPAdicLogarithm) is analytic on its domain of definition:
The study of -adic analytic functions is usually called -adic analysis and it is very similar to complex analysis in many respects, although there are important differences
coming from the distinct topologies of and .