The 𝑝-adic Kakeya conjecture

Arsovski, Bodan

doi:10.1090/jams/1021

The $\boldsymbol {p}$-adic Kakeya conjecture
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by Bodan Arsovski;

J. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 (2024), 69-80

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/jams/1021

Published electronically: May 17, 2023

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Abstract:

We prove the natural analogue of the classical Kakeya conjecture over the $p$-adic numbers.

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