The Digit Principle
Abstract
A number of constructions in function field arithmetic involve extensions from linear objects using digit expansions. This technique is described here as a method of constructing orthonormal bases in spaces of continuous functions. We illustrate several examples of orthonormal bases from this viewpoint, and we also obtain a concrete model for the continuous functions on the integers of a local field as a quotient of a Tate algebra in countably many variables.
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