Pictures of Ultrametric Spaces, the <i>p</i> -adic Numbers, and Valued Fields

Jan E. Holly

American Mathematical Monthly · 2001 · 47 citations · 3 references

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsJan E. HollyJAN HOLLY is a mathematical neuroscientist who keeps returning to her roots in pure mathematics. She grew up in the Rocky Mountains, went to college at the Universities of Colorado and New Mexico, and received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. In the process, she discovered that someone had forgotten to install mountains in central Illinois. She proceeded to the Neurological Sciences Institute in Portland, Oregon, as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, and then to her current position as Assistant Professor at Colby College in Maine, where she can be found in the woods.

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