P-adic metric Strong triangle inequality

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Hi Guy's
I was wondering If anyone new of a good link about the P-adic metric Strong triangle inequality. I am trying to constuct a proof to show that the p-adic is a metric space.
Must the proof use the Strong triangle inequality ie

[tex]d(a,c)\leq[/tex]max[tex]{d(a,b),d(b,c)}[/tex]

or can it use the normal inequality ?



[tex]d(a,c)\leq d(a,b),d(b,c)[/tex]
[tex]d(a,c)=\mida-c\mid=\mid(a-b)-(c-b)\mid[/tex]

regards
 
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Of course the strong triangle inequality implies the (usual) triangle inequality. So if you prove either one of them, you are done.