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In this note, we present expressions of characters on a local field Kq, including p-series fields, p-adic number fields and their algebraic extensions. Then we define (p)-type derivative for a function fon Kq and evaluate the pointwise derivative of a character χ of K +q .
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Weixing, Z., Weiyi, S. & Huikun, J. A note to the concept of derivatives on local fields. Approx. Theory & its Appl. 6, 48–58 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02836096
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02836096