What does "non-archimedean" mean?

Not having the Archimedean property: containing infinite elements, i.e. elements which are larger than any result of adding 1 to itself any finite number of times.

Non-archimedean

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Adjective

1
Not having the Archimedean property: containing infinite elements, i.e. elements which are larger than any result of adding 1 to itself any finite number of times. not-comparable
2
Meeting the requirements to be an ultrametric. not-comparable

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Archimedean

Etymology

From non- + Archimedean.

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