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prime -- prime of a p-adic field or number

Usage:

prime kk

prime x
Inputs:
- kk, a p-adic field family,
- x, a p-adic number,
Outputs:
- an integer,

Description

Returns the prime $p$ of a $p$-adic field or number.

i1 : prime QQ_7

o1 = 7

i2 : prime QQ_7 3

o2 = 7

Ways to use prime:

prime(PadicFieldFamily)
prime(PadicNumber)

For the programmer

The object prime is a method function.

The source of this document is in Padic.m2:936:0.