Scalar extension of an invariant group algebra #
The natural map from L ⊗[k] (L[M])^Gal(L/k) to L[M] is surjective when the
automorphism group of L/k is finite. Here the action twists both the coefficients and the
exponents, with the latter specified by an integral representation on the abelian group M.
The scalar-extension map is Mathlib's AlgHom.liftEquiv applied to the invariant-subalgebra
inclusion; it sends a ⊗ x to a • x.
For a finite Galois extension this map is an algebra equivalence. This identifies the scalar extension of the descended coordinate algebra with the split group algebra, as needed for groups of multiplicative type and non-split tori. Transporting the Hopf structure additionally requires the analogous identification on tensor squares.
References #
- J. S. Milne, Algebraic Groups (2017), Theorem 12.23 and Appendix A.64.
Scalar extension of the invariant group-algebra inclusion is surjective. In particular, this holds over every finite Galois extension, without a characteristic restriction or a finite-generation hypothesis on the exponent group.
Over a finite Galois extension, scalar extension of the invariant group-algebra inclusion is injective. The exponent group need not be finitely generated.
The invariant group algebra descends the split coordinate algebra along a finite Galois extension: extending its scalars recovers the original group algebra.
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The descent equivalence is scalar multiplication on pure tensors.
The inverse descent equivalence sends an invariant element to its tensor with one.