The valuation of the local minimal discriminant #
Let R be a discrete valuation ring with fraction field K, and let W be an elliptic
Weierstrass curve over K. The local minimal discriminant ideal is a nonzero power of the maximal
ideal of R. This file defines its exponent as
WeierstrassCurve.localMinimalDiscriminantValuation and identifies it with the additive valuation
of the discriminant of any minimal equation in the variable-change orbit of W.
The exponent is the local quantity usually written v(Delta_min). It is the input used when local
minimal discriminants are assembled into the minimal discriminant ideal over a Dedekind domain,
and it is the baseline from which the obstruction exponent of an arbitrary integral equation is
measured.
Main definitions #
WeierstrassCurve.localMinimalDiscriminantValuation: the nonnegative valuation of a local minimal discriminant.
Main results #
WeierstrassCurve.localMinimalDiscriminantValuation_eq_addVal_of_isMinimal_smul: any minimal equation in the orbit computes the valuation.WeierstrassCurve.valuation_Δ_eq_exp_neg_of_isMinimal_smul: the multiplicative valuation of the discriminant of such an equation isexp (-v (Δ_min)).WeierstrassCurve.localMinimalDiscriminant_eq_maximalIdeal_pow: the local minimal discriminant ideal is the corresponding power of the maximal ideal.WeierstrassCurve.localMinimalDiscriminantValuation_smul: the valuation is invariant under a change of variables.WeierstrassCurve.localMinimalDiscriminantValuation_eq_zero_iff: the valuation vanishes exactly at good reduction.WeierstrassCurve.ord_Δ_eq_localMinimalDiscriminantValuation: a minimal equation computes the local minimal discriminant valuation in additive height-one valuation notation.WeierstrassCurve.ord_Δ_eq_localMinimalDiscriminantValuation_iff_isMinimal: an integral equation has the minimal discriminant order exactly when it is minimal.
The mathematics is Silverman, The Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves, VII.1.
The valuation of the local minimal discriminant. This is the exponent of the maximal
ideal of R in W.localMinimalDiscriminant R, equivalently the additive valuation of the
discriminant of a minimal integral equation in the variable-change orbit of W.
The ellipticity hypothesis ensures that this discriminant is nonzero, so the extended-natural additive valuation is finite and has an honest natural-number value.
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The chosen minimal equation computes the local minimal discriminant valuation. The cast
to ℕ∞ records explicitly that the additive valuation is finite.
Any minimal equation in the variable-change orbit computes the local minimal discriminant valuation. Thus the number does not depend on Mathlib's chosen minimal equation.
A minimal model has discriminant of valuation exp (-v (Δ_min)). This reads the
local minimal discriminant valuation off the multiplicative valuation that Mathlib's minimality
API is phrased in, and is the form in which the exponent is compared with the v-adic
factorisation of a discriminant over a Dedekind domain.
The local minimal discriminant is the indicated power of the maximal ideal. This
characterizes localMinimalDiscriminantValuation intrinsically at the ideal level and is the form
used to assemble local factors over a Dedekind domain.
The local minimal discriminant valuation is invariant under a change of variables.
The local minimal discriminant valuation vanishes exactly at good reduction.
The local minimal discriminant valuation is positive exactly at bad reduction.
A minimal equation computes the local minimal discriminant valuation in additive notation.
The local minimal discriminant valuation bounds the order of the discriminant of every integral equation.
An integral equation attains the local minimal discriminant valuation exactly when it is minimal.