The quintic F₂₀ resolvent specification and the resolvent sextic #
Index five formal roots by ℤ/5 and set
Φ = ∑ a, xₐ² (xₐ₊₁ xₐ₋₁ + xₐ₊₂ xₐ₋₂),
the ten monomials x₀²x₁x₄ + x₀²x₂x₃ + x₁²x₂x₀ + x₁²x₃x₄ + ⋯. The stabilizer of Φ under
permutation of the variables is exactly the reference subgroup of the transitive-group label
5T3, the Frobenius group F₂₀ = AGL(1, 5) of affine maps of ℤ/5, of order twenty: the
affine maps a ↦ a + 1 and a ↦ 2a + 1 that generate it permute the summands of Φ. The
orbit of Φ under the whole symmetric group therefore has 120 / 20 = 6 elements, and the
orbit resolvent of a quintic is a sextic.
That the stabilizer is exactly F₂₀, and not merely contained in it, identifies the six
universal orbit elements with the cosets S₅ / F₂₀. After specialization their values may still
collide, so using a rational root to detect containment in a conjugate of F₂₀ requires
separation evidence, for example a nonzero discriminant of the specialized sextic.
TauCeti.resolventSextic f is the specialization of this specification at a quintic f over
ℤ. Integrality is a theorem about ResolventSpec.specialize and not an extra hypothesis, so
the sextic is a monic integral polynomial of degree six; the sextic over ℚ is its image under
Polynomial.map, by TauCeti.ResolventSpec.specialize_map. Being monic and integral, any
rational root is integral, reducing the rational-root search to integers; concluding containment
from such a root separately requires the separation evidence above.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.quinticF20Invariant: the invariantΦ.TauCeti.quinticF20Spec: the resolvent specification ofΦ, for the subgroup5T3.TauCeti.resolventSextic: the resolvent sextic of an integral quintic.
Main results #
TauCeti.isHomogeneous_quinticF20Invariant: the invariant is homogeneous of degree four.TauCeti.eval₂_rename_quinticF20Invariant: the value of a renaming of the invariant at a vector of five roots, written out.TauCeti.rename_quinticF20Invariant_eq_self_iff: the stabilizer of the invariant is exactly the reference subgroup of5T3.TauCeti.card_renameOrbit_quinticF20Invariant: its orbit has six elements.TauCeti.natDegree_resolventSextic: the resolvent sextic has degree six.
References #
- D. S. Dummit, Solving solvable quintics, Mathematics of Computation 57 (1991), §2,
p. 388. The invariant is his, with his
x₁, …, x₅read asx₀, …, x₄.
Dummit's F₂₀-invariant of five formal roots indexed by ℤ/5:
∑ a, xₐ² (xₐ₊₁ xₐ₋₁ + xₐ₊₂ xₐ₋₂), a sum of ten monomials of shape xₐ² x_b x_c.
Equations
- TauCeti.quinticF20Invariant = ∑ a : Fin 5, MvPolynomial.X a ^ 2 * (MvPolynomial.X (a + 1) * MvPolynomial.X (a - 1) + MvPolynomial.X (a + 2) * MvPolynomial.X (a - 2))
Instances For
The defining formula of the quintic F₂₀-invariant.
Dummit's F₂₀-invariant is homogeneous of degree four.
Renaming the variables of the F₂₀-invariant along σ.
The value at x of the renaming of the F₂₀-invariant along any k : Fin 5 → Fin 5,
written out as its ten monomials.
The exact stabilizer. A permutation fixes the F₂₀-invariant if and only if it lies in
the reference subgroup of 5T3, the Frobenius group of affine maps of ℤ/5.
The quintic resolvent specification: Dummit's F₂₀-invariant, whose stabilizer is
exactly the reference subgroup of 5T3.
Equations
- One or more equations did not get rendered due to their size.
Instances For
The orbit of the F₂₀-invariant has six elements, so its resolvent is a sextic.
The resolvent sextic of an integral quintic f: the specialization of the quintic
F₂₀ specification at f, over ℤ. It is monic of degree six
(TauCeti.natDegree_resolventSextic), and the resolvent sextic over any other coefficient ring
is its image under Polynomial.map, by TauCeti.ResolventSpec.specialize_map.
Equations
Instances For
The defining formula of the resolvent sextic.
The resolvent sextic is monic.
The resolvent sextic has degree six, for every f: it is the image of a monic polynomial of
degree [S₅ : F₂₀] = 6, so a specialization never lowers its degree.