The units along a tower of Galois extensions #
Let K ⊆ L ⊆ M be a tower of fields with L/K normal. Restriction Gal(M/K) → Gal(L/K) and the
inclusion Lˣ → Mˣ are compatible: σ(ι(a)) = ι(σ|_L(a)) for σ ∈ Gal(M/K) and a ∈ Lˣ. This
file records the inclusion as a morphism unitsInflationHom K L M from the restriction of the
Gal(L/K)-representation Lˣ to the Gal(M/K)-representation Mˣ. Through
groupCohomology.map (AlgEquiv.restrictNormalHom L) it induces the inflation maps
Hⁿ(Gal(L/K), Lˣ) → Hⁿ(Gal(M/K), Mˣ),
in particular the inflation of relative Brauer groups H²(Gal(L/K), Lˣ) → H²(Gal(M/K), Mˣ) along
which local invariants are compared.
More generally, for K ⊆ K' and L ⊆ M' with M' a K'-algebra, every σ ∈ Gal(M'/K') is
K-linear and restricts to L. The inclusion Lˣ → M'ˣ is then a morphism
unitsBaseChangeHom K L K' M' from the restriction of Lˣ along Gal(M'/K') → Gal(L/K) to
M'ˣ. Together with that homomorphism it induces the base change map
Hⁿ(Gal(L/K), Lˣ) → Hⁿ(Gal(M'/K'), M'ˣ).
For K' = L and M' = M the base change map is restriction Hⁿ(Gal(M/K), Mˣ) → Hⁿ(Gal(M/L), Mˣ),
and inflation from Gal(E/K) followed by restriction to Gal(M/L) is base change from E/K to
M/L (map_unitsInflationHom_comp_map_unitsBaseChangeHom). In degree two, for M/K finite
Galois, inflation and restriction form the exact sequence
0 → H²(Gal(L/K), Lˣ) → H²(Gal(M/K), Mˣ) → H²(Gal(M/L), Mˣ)
(map_unitsInflationHom_two_injective, mem_range_map_unitsInflationHom_two_iff): this is the
inflation-restriction sequence of Gal(M/L) → Gal(M/K) → Gal(L/K), whose hypothesis
H¹(Gal(M/L), Mˣ) = 0 is Hilbert's Theorem 90, and whose quotient term is identified with
H²(Gal(L/K), Lˣ) because the units of M fixed by Gal(M/L) are the units of L. In the
language of relative Brauer groups, Br(M/K) ∩ ker(res_{M/L}) = Br(L/K).
Main definitions #
TauCeti.unitsInflationHom: the inclusionLˣ → Mˣas a morphism ofGal(M/K)-representations from the restriction ofLˣalongGal(M/K) → Gal(L/K).TauCeti.unitsBaseChangeHom: the inclusionLˣ → M'ˣas a morphism ofGal(M'/K')-representations from the restriction ofLˣalongGal(M'/K') → Gal(L/K).
Main results #
TauCeti.exists_unitsMap_eq_of_forall_apply_eq: a Galois-fixed unit ofEcomes from the base field, for any Galois extensionE/F.TauCeti.map_unitsInflationHom_comp_map_unitsBaseChangeHom: inflation followed by restriction is base change.TauCeti.map_unitsInflationHom_two_injective: inflationH²(Gal(L/K), Lˣ) → H²(Gal(M/K), Mˣ)is injective.TauCeti.mem_range_map_unitsInflationHom_two_iff: a class ofH²(Gal(M/K), Mˣ)is inflated fromH²(Gal(L/K), Lˣ)exactly when its restriction toGal(M/L)vanishes.
References #
- J.-P. Serre, Local Fields, Chapter X, §4.
- J. S. Milne, Class Field Theory, v4.03, Chapter II, Proposition 1.34.
A Galois-fixed unit comes from the base field: a unit of a Galois extension E/F, not
necessarily finite, that is fixed by Gal(E/F) is the image of a unit of F.
The units along a tower of Galois extensions: for K ⊆ L ⊆ M with L/K normal, the
inclusion Lˣ → Mˣ is a morphism of Gal(M/K)-representations from Lˣ, on which Gal(M/K) acts
through restriction to L, to Mˣ. It is the coefficient map of inflation
Hⁿ(Gal(L/K), Lˣ) → Hⁿ(Gal(M/K), Mˣ).
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unitsInflationHom K L M is the inclusion Lˣ → Mˣ.
The units along a base change of Galois extensions: for K ⊆ K' and L ⊆ M' with L/K
normal and M' a K'-algebra, the inclusion Lˣ → M'ˣ is a morphism of
Gal(M'/K')-representations from Lˣ, on which Gal(M'/K') acts through restriction to L, to
M'ˣ. Together with the homomorphism Gal(M'/K') → Gal(L/K) it induces the cohomology map
Hⁿ(Gal(L/K), Lˣ) → Hⁿ(Gal(M'/K'), M'ˣ).
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unitsBaseChangeHom K L K' M' is the inclusion Lˣ → M'ˣ.
The values of a 2-cocycle pushed along unitsBaseChangeHom K E L M are the images in Mˣ
of its values at the restrictions to E.
Inflation followed by restriction is base change. For K ⊆ E ⊆ M and K ⊆ L ⊆ M,
inflating a class of Hⁿ(Gal(E/K), Eˣ) to Hⁿ(Gal(M/K), Mˣ) and restricting it to
Hⁿ(Gal(M/L), Mˣ) is the base change map from E/K to M/L.
Inflation into H²(Gal(M/K), Mˣ) is injective. For a tower K ⊆ L ⊆ M with M/K finite
Galois and L/K normal, inflation H²(Gal(L/K), Lˣ) → H²(Gal(M/K), Mˣ) is injective: by
Hilbert 90, H¹(Gal(M/L), Mˣ) = 0.
The inflation-restriction sequence of relative Brauer groups. For a tower K ⊆ L ⊆ M
with M/K finite Galois and L/K normal, a class of H²(Gal(M/K), Mˣ) is inflated from
H²(Gal(L/K), Lˣ) exactly when its restriction to H²(Gal(M/L), Mˣ) vanishes. Restriction is the
base change map unitsBaseChangeHom K M L M along Gal(M/L) → Gal(M/K).