Polynomial maps of the Riemann sphere #
A nonconstant complex polynomial p of degree d extends to the Riemann sphere OnePoint ℂ by
sending ∞ to ∞; this extension is Mathlib's OnePoint.map. In the affine chart it is
z ↦ p(z). In the inverted chart at ∞ it is w ↦ w ^ d / q(w), where q = p.reverse is the
reversed polynomial, q(w) = w ^ d p(w⁻¹) for w ≠ 0, whose value at 0 is the leading
coefficient of p.
So the extension is holomorphic, and its local multiplicity is d at ∞. At a finite point z
the local multiplicity is the multiplicity of z as a root of p - p(z), and it exceeds 1
exactly when z is a critical point of p, a root of the derivative.
The fibre over ∞ is the single point ∞, so the degree of the extension is d, and its branch
values lie in ∞ together with the critical values of p. When d ≥ 2 they are exactly ∞
together with the critical values; when d = 1 the extension is a Möbius transformation and
has no branch values. These are the polynomial branched covers of the sphere, among them the
power maps z ↦ z ^ n and the polynomial Belyi maps.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.RiemannSurface.invChart_onePointMap_eval_invChart_symm: the extension read in the inverted chart at∞.TauCeti.RiemannSurface.continuous_onePointMap_evalandTauCeti.RiemannSurface.mdifferentiable_onePointMap_eval: the extension is continuous and holomorphic.TauCeti.RiemannSurface.localMultiplicity_onePointMap_eval_coe: at a finite pointzits local multiplicity is the root multiplicity ofp - p(z)atz, andTauCeti.RiemannSurface.one_lt_localMultiplicity_onePointMap_eval_coe_iff: it exceeds1exactly at the critical points ofp.TauCeti.RiemannSurface.localMultiplicity_onePointMap_eval_coe_of_not_isRoot: away from the critical points it is1.TauCeti.RiemannSurface.localMultiplicity_onePointMap_eval_infty: its local multiplicity at∞is the degree ofp.TauCeti.RiemannSurface.FiniteHolomorphicMap.spherePolynomial: the extension as a finite holomorphic map of the Riemann sphere.TauCeti.RiemannSurface.degree_onePointMap_eval: its degree is the degree ofp.TauCeti.RiemannSurface.FiniteHolomorphicMap.branchValues_spherePolynomial_subset: its branch values lie in{∞}together with the critical values ofp, andTauCeti.RiemannSurface.FiniteHolomorphicMap.branchValues_spherePolynomial: for degree at least2they are exactly∞together with the critical values ofp.
References #
- Otto Forster, Lectures on Riemann Surfaces, Graduate Texts in Mathematics 81, Springer, 1981, §1.5 (c) (the charts of the Riemann sphere) and §2 (the local behaviour of holomorphic maps).
- Rick Miranda, Algebraic Curves and Riemann Surfaces, Graduate Studies in Mathematics 5, American Mathematical Society, 1995, Chapter II §4 (multiplicities of polynomial maps of the sphere).
In the inverted chart at ∞, the extension of a nonconstant polynomial p to the Riemann
sphere is w ↦ w ^ d / p.reverse.eval w, where d is the degree of p.
Polynomial maps of the Riemann sphere are continuous. The extension of a nonconstant
polynomial to OnePoint ℂ, sending ∞ to ∞, is continuous: a polynomial tends to infinity at
infinity.
Polynomial maps of the Riemann sphere are holomorphic. The extension of a nonconstant
polynomial to OnePoint ℂ, sending ∞ to ∞, is holomorphic.
At a finite point z, the local multiplicity of the extension of a nonconstant polynomial p
to the Riemann sphere is the multiplicity of z as a root of p - p(z).
At a finite point z, the extension of a nonconstant polynomial p to the Riemann sphere has
local multiplicity greater than 1 exactly when z is a critical point of p.
Away from the critical points of a nonconstant polynomial p, its extension to the Riemann
sphere has local multiplicity 1.
The extension of a nonconstant polynomial p to the Riemann sphere has local multiplicity
the degree of p at ∞, where it is w ↦ w ^ d / p.reverse.eval w in the inverted chart.
The extension of a nonconstant polynomial p to the Riemann sphere, sending ∞ to ∞, as a
finite holomorphic map.
Instances For
The branch values of the extension of a nonconstant polynomial p to the Riemann sphere lie
in {∞} together with the critical values of p.
The branch values of a polynomial map of the Riemann sphere. For a polynomial p of
degree at least 2, the branch values of its extension to the Riemann sphere are exactly ∞,
where the local multiplicity is the degree, together with the critical values of p.
The extension of a nonconstant polynomial p to the Riemann sphere has degree the degree of
p: its fibre over ∞ is the single point ∞, of local multiplicity the degree of p.