Admissible moduli, the conductor, and the real places #
Let L/K be an extension of number fields. A modulus πͺ of K is admissible for L/K
(IsAdmissibleModulus K L πͺ) when its ray subgroup lies in the idele-class norm group
N_{L/K}(C_L). For an abelian extension this is the condition under which the global Artin map
factors through the ray class group of πͺ, which is why ray-class reciprocity is stated for
admissible moduli. Admissibility is inherited by multiples (IsAdmissibleModulus.of_dvd),
because ray subgroups shrink as the modulus grows, and by subextensions
(IsAdmissibleModulus.tower_bot), because norms compose in towers.
The norm group N_{L/K}(C_L) is open, so it has a conductor in the sense of
OpenSubgroup.ideleClassConductor: the conductor abelianConductor K L of L/K is the least
admissible modulus, and a modulus is admissible exactly when the conductor divides it
(isAdmissibleModulus_iff_abelianConductor_dvd). The conductor of a subextension divides that of
the extension (abelianConductor_dvd_abelianConductor). None of this uses a reciprocity law.
This file shows that the real places cannot be left out of an admissible modulus when L contains
enough roots of unity. Let w be a real place of K and suppose that L contains a primitive
pβΏ-th root of unity with pβΏ > 2. Then the idele class that is -1 at w and 1 everywhere
else is not a norm from L (ofCompletion_neg_one_notMem_range_ideleClassNormMap). Suppose that
(-1)_w Β· Ξ± is the norm of an idele of L for some Ξ± β KΛ£. Then Ξ± is a local norm from
K_v β[K] L at every place v β w and -Ξ± is one at w, so, by
abelianizedLocalCyclotomicCharacter_artinMap_mem_unitsPrincipal and its archimedean
counterpart, the p-adic cyclotomic characters Ο_p(Art_v(Ξ±)) are β‘ 1 mod pβΏ for v β w,
while Ο_p(Art_w(Ξ±)) β‘ -1, since Ο_p(Art_w(-1)) = -1 at a real place. Their product is 1 by
the cyclotomic product formula
(finprod_mul_prod_abelianizedLocalCyclotomicCharacter_artinMap_eq_one), which forces
-1 β‘ 1 mod pβΏ. No global reciprocity law is used.
That idele class lies in the ray subgroup of every modulus whose infinite part omits w
(TauCeti.GlobalNumberFields.ofCompletion_mem_raySubgroup), so no such modulus is admissible
(not_isAdmissibleModulus_of_forall_ne). For β(i)/β this rejects the trivial modulus
(not_isAdmissibleModulus_one_Qi), whose ray class group is trivial although the unramified prime
3 does not split in β(i). It also rejects the modulus (4), which contains the only ramified
prime: the conductor of β(i)/β is (4) Β· β. In terms of the conductor, every real place of K
lies in the infinite part of the conductor of L/K (mem_abelianConductor_infinitePart), and
the real place of β in that of β(i)/β (mem_abelianConductor_infinitePart_Qi).
Main definitions #
TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.IsAdmissibleModulus: the ray subgroup ofπͺlies in the idele-class norm group ofL/K.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.abelianConductor: the conductor ofL/K, its least admissible modulus.
Main results #
TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.isAdmissibleModulus_iff_abelianConductor_dvd: a modulus is admissible exactly when the conductor divides it.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.exponent_abelianConductor_le_iff: the exponent of a finite placevin the conductor is at mostnexactly when the classes of the ideles concentrated atvwith component inU(K_v, n)are norms fromL.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.abelianConductor_dvd_abelianConductor: in a towerK β L β M, the conductor ofL/Kdivides that ofM/K.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.ofCompletion_neg_one_notMem_range_ideleClassNormMap: ifLcontains a primitivepβΏ-th root of unity withpβΏ > 2, the class of-1at a real place ofKis not a norm fromL.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.not_isAdmissibleModulus_of_forall_ne: under the same hypothesis, a modulus whose infinite part omits a real place is not admissible.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.not_isAdmissibleModulus_one_Qi: the trivial modulus is not admissible forβ(i)/β.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.mem_abelianConductor_infinitePart: under the same hypothesis, every real place ofKlies in the infinite part of the conductor ofL/K.
References #
- J. S. Milne, Class Field Theory, v4.03, Chapter V (admissible moduli and the conductor of an abelian extension) and Chapter VII, Example 8.2 (the cyclotomic product formula).
- J. Neukirch, Algebraic Number Theory, Chapter VI (the conductor and the ray class fields).
The class of -1 at a real place #
The class of -1 at a real place is not a norm from an extension containing ΞΌ_{pβΏ}.
Let w be a real place of K and let L/K contain a primitive pβΏ-th root of unity with
pβΏ > 2. Then the idele class that is -1 at w and 1 at every other place is not the norm of
an idele class of L.
Admissible moduli #
A modulus πͺ of K is admissible for the extension L/K when the ray subgroup of πͺ
lies in the idele-class norm group N_{L/K}(C_L): every idele class satisfying the congruence
and sign conditions of πͺ is a norm from L.
Instances For
The defining condition of an admissible modulus.
Admissibility passes to multiples: the ray subgroup shrinks as the modulus grows.
Admissibility passes to subextensions: a norm from M is a norm from every intermediate
field L.
The conductor #
The conductor of an extension of number fields: the least admissible modulus of L/K,
that is, the conductor of the idele-class norm group N_{L/K}(C_L), which is open. The admissible
moduli are exactly its multiples (isAdmissibleModulus_iff_abelianConductor_dvd). For an abelian
extension this is the conductor of class field theory; the definition itself uses only that the
norm group is open, so it needs no hypothesis on L/K.
Instances For
The characterization of admissibility: a modulus is admissible for L/K exactly when the
conductor of L/K divides it.
The exponents of the conductor are local. The exponent of a finite place v of K in the
conductor of L/K is at most n exactly when the class of every idele concentrated at v with
component in U(K_v, n) is a norm from L.
The conductor of L/K is admissible for L/K.
The trivial extension has the trivial conductor.
The conductor of a subextension divides the conductor of the extension: for a tower
K β L β M, the conductor of L/K divides that of M/K.
A modulus omitting a real place is not admissible for an extension containing ΞΌ_{pβΏ}.
If L contains a primitive pβΏ-th root of unity with pβΏ > 2 and the real place w of K is
not in the infinite part of πͺ, then πͺ is not admissible for L/K.
The trivial modulus is not admissible for β(i)/β, although the ray class group of β
for the trivial modulus is trivial.
The conductor of an extension containing ΞΌ_{pβΏ} contains every real place. If L
contains a primitive pβΏ-th root of unity with pβΏ > 2, every real place of K lies in the
infinite part of the conductor of L/K.
The conductor of β(i)/β contains the real place of β.