Dedekind sums in the p-adic number field

Abstract: In a recent note W. Kohnen asks whether the values of Dedekind sums are dense in the field of

p

-adic numbers. The present paper answers this question. Dedekind sums do not approximate units of

m a t h b b Z_{2}

or

m a t h b b Z_{3}

, so they are not dense in

m a t h b b Q_{2}

or

m a t h b b Q_{3}

. But they are dense in

m a t h b b Q_{p}

if

p g e 5

.

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