transfinite arithmetic, cardinal arithmetic, ordinal arithmetic
prime field, p-adic integer, p-adic rational number, p-adic complex number
arithmetic geometry, function field analogy
The term transfinite arithmetic refers to arithmetic of quantities (numbers) larger than the the finite natural numbers, for instance cardinal arithmetic is the arithmetic of cardinalities of sets possibly larger than that of finite sets. Similarly there is ordinal arithmetic.
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