Invariants descended along lifts to refinements #
Let φ : A → A' be an equivariant map between the coefficient modules of two formations F and
F' on G, and let σ assign to every finite normal layer L a homomorphism
σ_L : H²(L, A) → ℚ/ℤ that does not change under inflation to a refinement of L. Suppose that
- every class of
H²(L, A')becomes, after inflation to some refinementL'ofL, the image underφof a class ofH²(L', A), and σvanishes on the classes thatφkills.
Then σ descends to an invariant descendedInv φ σ … L : H²(L, A') → ℚ/ℤ on every layer: the
invariant of a class is σ of a lift of an inflation of it, whichever refinement and lift are
chosen (descendedInv_eq). It is characterized by the two equations descendedInv_map (on the
image of φ it is σ) and descendedInv_infl (it does not change under inflation)
(descendedInv_unique). This is the shape of Tate's definition of the invariant map of idele
classes from the sum of the local invariants of ideles. That sum is defined on H²(L, I_L) and,
because it vanishes on the kernel of H²(L, I_L) → H²(L, C_L), induces an invariant only on the
image of this map, which can be a proper subgroup: for the biquadratic field ℚ(√13, √17) the
image is killed by 2 while H²(L, C_L) is cyclic of order 4. Classically, every class lifts
after inflation to a suitable cyclotomic refinement.
The invariant inherits the restriction and conjugation laws of σ (descendedInv_res,
descendedInv_conj), because restriction, conjugation and the maps induced by φ commute with
inflation. Suppose moreover that H¹ of every layer of F' vanishes, that σ vanishes exactly
on the classes that φ kills, and that every layer L, of degree n, has a refinement carrying a
class with σ = 1/n. Then the invariant of L is injective with image the n-torsion of ℚ/ℤ,
and F' is a class formation with this invariant (ClassFormation.ofDescendedInv). Injectivity
holds because inflation is injective once H¹ vanishes. The image of a class with σ = 1/n on a
refinement L' restricts to zero on the layer L'/L, where σ becomes n • (1/n) = 0, so by the
inflation-restriction sequence it is inflated from L.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.descendedInv: the invariant ofF'descended fromσ.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.ClassFormation.ofDescendedInv: the class formation onF'with the descended invariant.
Main statements #
TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.descendedInv_eq: the invariant of a class isσof any lift of any inflation of it.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.descendedInv_map,TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.descendedInv_inflandTauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.descendedInv_unique: the two equations that characterize it.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.descendedInv_res,TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.descendedInv_conj: its restriction and conjugation laws.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.descendedInv_injective,TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.range_descendedInv: its injectivity and its image.
References #
- J. S. Milne, Class Field Theory, v4.03, Chapter VIII, §4.
- J. Tate, Global class field theory, in J. W. S. Cassels and A. Fröhlich (eds.), Algebraic Number Theory, Chapter VII, §11.
The descended invariant #
The invariant of F' descended from σ: the invariant of a class of H²(L, A') is the
value of σ on a lift, along φ, of its inflation to some refinement of L. By
descendedInv_eq it does not depend on the refinement or on the lift.
Instances For
The invariant of a class is σ of any lift of any inflation of it: if the inflation of
x to a refinement L' of L is the image under φ of y, then the descended invariant of x
is σ_{L'} y.
On the image of φ the descended invariant is σ.
The descended invariant does not change under inflation.
The descended invariant is determined by its two equations: a family of homomorphisms
H²(L, A') → ℚ/ℤ that agrees with σ on the image of φ and does not change under inflation
is the descended invariant.
Restriction multiplies the descended invariant by the relative degree, as it does σ.
Conjugation preserves the descended invariant, as it does σ.
The descended invariant is injective when H¹ of every layer of F' vanishes and σ
vanishes only on the classes that φ kills: a class of invariant zero has a lift killed by φ,
so its inflation vanishes, and inflation is injective.
The image of the descended invariant of a layer of degree n is the n-torsion of ℚ/ℤ
when, in addition to the hypotheses of descendedInv_injective, σ multiplies by the relative
degree under restriction and every layer, of degree n, has a refinement carrying a class with
σ = 1/n.
The class formation of a descended invariant #
The class formation of a descended invariant. Let σ be an invariant of the layers of F
that does not change under inflation, multiplies by the relative degree under restriction and is
preserved by conjugation. Suppose that every class of F' lifts along φ after inflation to a
refinement, that σ vanishes exactly on the classes that φ kills, that every layer, of degree
n, has a refinement carrying a class with σ = 1/n, and that H¹ of every layer of F'
vanishes. Then F' is a class formation, with the descended invariant as its invariant map.
Instances For
The invariant map of ClassFormation.ofDescendedInv is the descended invariant.