https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrowski%27s_theorem Ostrowski's theorem In number theory, Ostrowski's theorem, due to Alexander Ostrowski (1916), states that every non-trivial absolute value on the rational numbers Q is equivalent to either the usual real absolute value or a p-adic absolute value.[1]
Theorem statement Let |・|∗:Q→R be any absolute value on the rational numbers. Then either |・|∗=|・|0, or |・|∗ is equivalent to |・|, or |・|∗ is equivalent to |・|p.[1] Proof 略