The local invariant of an open subgroup of the absolute Galois group #
Let K be a nonarchimedean local field with separable closure Kˢ and absolute Galois group
G_K. An open subgroup U ≤ G_K is the absolute Galois group of its fixed field E, a finite
extension of K, so H²(U, (Kˢ)ˣ) is the Brauer group Br E, and the local invariant of E
gives an invariant on it. This file constructs that invariant directly on H²(U, (Kˢ)ˣ), inside
the single Galois module (Kˢ)ˣ over G_K, which is the form in which the class-formation axioms
for the units of Kˢ are stated.
Corestriction H²(U, (Kˢ)ˣ) → H²(G_K, (Kˢ)ˣ) = Br K is bijective
(explicitCor2_unitsCoeff_bijective): read through G_E ≃ U, it is corestriction of Brauer
classes along E/K, which preserves the local invariant
(TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.brCor_bijective). The invariant of U is therefore defined as
inv_U = inv_K ∘ cor_U^{G_K} : H²(U, (Kˢ)ˣ) ≃+ ℚ/ℤ
(subgroupInvMap). It satisfies the compatibilities that the invariant maps of a class formation
are required to have:
- on a class transported from
Br Lalong aK-embeddingσ : L → Kˢ, it is the local invariant ofL(subgroupInvMap_explicitMap2); - restriction to an open subgroup
V ≤ Umultiplies the invariant by the index[U : V](subgroupInvMap_explicitMap2_subgroupInclusion, andsubgroupInvMap_explicitRes2forU = G_K); - corestriction from
VtoUpreserves the invariant (subgroupInvMap_explicitCor2Le); - conjugation by
g : G_K, fromUtogUg⁻¹, preserves the invariant (subgroupInvMap_explicitMap2_of_conj).
Main definitions #
TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.subgroupInvMap K U hU: the local invariantH²(U, (Kˢ)ˣ) ≃+ ℚ/ℤof an open subgroupUofG_K.
Main results #
TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.explicitCor2_unitsCoeff_bijective: corestriction from an open subgroup ofG_Kis bijective onH²of(Kˢ)ˣ.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.subgroupInvMap_explicitMap2: the invariant of the subgroup cut out by a finite extensionL/Kis the local invariant ofL.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.subgroupInvMap_explicitMap2_subgroupInclusion: restriction multiplies the invariant by the relative index.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.subgroupInvMap_explicitCor2Le: corestriction preserves the invariant.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.subgroupInvMap_explicitMap2_of_conj: conjugation preserves the invariant.
Implementation notes #
The subgroup U is a plain Subgroup with a proof of openness, and its finite index is an instance
argument, as for TauCeti.ContCohomology.explicitCor2. For an OpenSubgroup the instance is
OpenSubgroup.finiteIndex_toSubgroup, and for the subgroup Gal(Kˢ/σ(L)) fixing the image of a
K-embedding it is TauCeti.finiteIndex_fixingSubgroup_fieldRange, so both kinds of subgroup are
accepted without transport.
References #
- E. Artin and J. Tate, Class Field Theory, Chapter XIV, §1.
- J.-P. Serre, Local Fields, Chapter XI, §1 and Chapter XIII, §3.
Corestriction from an open subgroup of G_K is bijective on H² of (Kˢ)ˣ. The subgroup
is the absolute Galois group of its fixed field E, a finite extension of K, and through this
identification corestriction is corestriction of Brauer classes along E/K
(TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.brCor_bijective).
The local invariant of an open subgroup U of G_K: the invariant
H²(U, (Kˢ)ˣ) ≃+ ℚ/ℤ obtained by corestriction to Br K = H²(G_K, (Kˢ)ˣ), which is bijective
(explicitCor2_unitsCoeff_bijective), followed by the local invariant invMap K. On a class
transported from the Brauer group of a finite extension L/K it is the local invariant of L
(subgroupInvMap_explicitMap2).
Instances For
The invariant of an open subgroup is the local invariant of the corestriction to G_K.
The normalization of the invariant of an open subgroup: for a finite extension L/K
embedded in Kˢ by σ, a Brauer class of L, transported to H² of the subgroup
Gal(Kˢ/σ(L)) of G_K along G_L ≃ Gal(Kˢ/σ(L)) and the identification of separable closures,
has the local invariant of L as invariant.
Restriction from G_K multiplies the invariant by the index:
inv_U (res x) = [G_K : U] • inv_K x, since cor ∘ res is multiplication by the index.
Corestriction preserves the invariant: for open subgroups V ≤ U of G_K,
inv_U (cor_V^U y) = inv_V y, by transitivity of corestriction.
Restriction multiplies the invariant by the relative index: for open subgroups V ≤ U of
G_K, inv_V (res_U^V x) = [U : V] • inv_U x.
Conjugation preserves the invariant: for g : G_K, an open subgroup U and its conjugate
V = gUg⁻¹, the class (g)_* x ∈ H²(V, (Kˢ)ˣ) of the compatible pair of κ : V → U,
v ↦ g⁻¹ v g, and the action f of g on (Kˢ)ˣ has the invariant of x, because
corestriction to G_K does not see the conjugation
(TauCeti.ContCohomology.explicitCor2_explicitMap2_of_conj).