Notice: Incomplete ## Contents * 1 Prerequisites * 2 The Problem with Decadic Numbers * 3 The Solution * 4 Interesting Properties ## Prerequisites[edit | edit source] Decadic numbers Number bases Prime numbers ## The Problem with Decadic Numbers[edit | edit source] Decadic numbers have an issue in which there's a number which can be infinitely divided by 5. The problem with that is that you can't divide numbers divisible by 2 or 5 (the factors of 10) normally, and you have to eliminate the factors first. Such a number can't have all of its factors of 5 eliminated, so let's just remove the problem! ## The Solution[edit | edit source] Let's replace the number base with a prime number. This way, its only prime factor is the base itself. In order for a number to be infinitely divisible by its base, it would need to have an infinite number of trailing zeros, which would just make it 0, which already can't be divided by in the first place. ## Interesting Properties[edit | edit source] 5-adic numbers have a square root of -1. 5-adic representation | (number)^2 (5-adic representation) | 2 | 4 112 | 144 1014212 | 100444 2213013121212 | 2024444 11232431203131212 | 2040344444 302104021134042203431212 | 413221444444 322331343011143322442212431212 | 13244124444444