Ostrowski's Theorem/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Ostrowski's Theorem
In the same paper as the one he presented this theorem, published in $1918$, Ostrowski also proved that, up to isomorphism, $\R$ and $\C$ are the only fields that are complete with respect to an archimedean norm.
That theorem is sometimes also referred to as Ostrowski's theorem.