How to represent p-adic expansion of $a^{-1}$

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I'm trying to find represent expansion of $a^{-1}$, if $$a = a_{r} \cdot p^{r} + a_{r+1} \cdot p^{r+1} +...$$

I have tried get solution supposing that $a \cdot a^{-1} = 1$, but stucked. I don't even see any pattern, for example with $p = 3$:

$$3 = 1 \cdot 3^{1} $$

$$\frac{1}{3} = 1 \cdot 3^{-1}$$

While

$$2 = 2 \cdot 3^{0}$$ $$\frac{1}{2} = 2 \cdot 3^{0} + 1 \cdot 3^{1} + 1 \cdot 3^{2} + ...$$

And

$$-3 = 2 \cdot 3^{1} + 2 \cdot 3^{2} + 2 \cdot 3^{3} + ... $$ $$-\frac{1}{3} = 2 \cdot 3^{-1} + 2 \cdot 3^{0} + 2 \cdot 3^{1}$$

Thanks for any help.