Places that split completely in an extension of function fields #
Let F' / k' be a finite extension of F / k. A place P of F / k splits completely
when it has [F' : F] distinct extensions to F' / k', the largest number allowed by the
fundamental inequality. This is Stichtenoth, Algebraic Function Fields and Codes, 2nd ed.,
Definition 3.1.13.
For a separable extension, the fundamental identity
sum_{P' | P} e(P' | P) * f(P' | P) = [F' : F]
shows that complete splitting is equivalent to every place above P having ramification index
and relative degree both equal to one. In the Galois case these invariants are constant on the
fibre, so it is enough to check either one place above P. Equivalently, the decomposition group
of such a place is trivial.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.Place.IsSplitCompletely: a place has[F' : F]extensions.
Main results #
TauCeti.Place.isSplitCompletely_iff_forall_ramificationIdx_eq_one_and_relativeDegree_eq_one: the non-Galois characterization by trivial ramification and residue extensions.TauCeti.Place.isSplitCompletely_iff_ramificationIdx_eq_one_and_relativeDegree_eq_one: in a Galois extension it is enough to test one place in the fibre.TauCeti.Place.isSplitCompletely_iff_decompositionSubgroup_eq_bot: in a Galois extension, complete splitting is equivalent to a trivial decomposition group.
Provenance #
The orbit--stabilizer proof of the Galois criterion follows the existing number-field analogue
NumberField.ncard_primesOver_eq_finrank_iff_stabilizer_eq_bot in
TauCeti/NumberTheory/NumberField/SplitsCompletely/Basic.lean. The non-Galois criterion is proved
directly from the function-field fundamental identity.
References #
- H. Stichtenoth, Algebraic Function Fields and Codes, 2nd ed., GTM 254, Springer, 2009, Sections III.1 and III.7.
A place P of F / k splits completely in F' / k' if it has [F' : F]
distinct extensions to F' / k' (Stichtenoth, Definition 3.1.13). This is the maximal possible
cardinality by TauCeti.Place.ncard_setOf_restrict_eq_le_finrank.
Equations
- P.IsSplitCompletely = (FiniteDimensional F F' ∧ {P' : TauCeti.Place k' F' | TauCeti.Place.restrict k F P' = P}.ncard = Module.finrank F F')
Instances For
The characteristic property of a place splitting completely.
The definition of a place splitting completely, restated for rewriting.
A place does not split completely exactly when the number of places above it is strictly smaller than the extension degree.
A place above a completely split place has ramification index one.
A place above a completely split place has relative residue degree one.
At a place above a completely split place, the map between residue fields is bijective.
Complete splitting is equivalent to trivial ramification and residue extensions at every
place above P (Stichtenoth, Definition 3.1.13 and Theorem 3.1.11).
No Galois hypothesis is needed: if the number of summands in the fundamental identity already
equals [F' : F], then every positive summand e(P' | P) * f(P' | P) must equal one.
In a finite Galois extension, one place detects complete splitting (Stichtenoth,
Corollary 3.7.2): the place below P' splits completely exactly when the common ramification
index and relative degree on its fibre are both one.
Complete splitting is equivalent to a trivial stabilizer in a finite Galois extension.
The fibre of restriction is the orbit of P', so this is the orbit--stabilizer form of complete
splitting.
Complete splitting is equivalent to a trivial decomposition group in a finite Galois extension (Stichtenoth, Definitions 3.1.13 and 3.8.1).