The absolute local Artin map #
Let K be a nonarchimedean local field. The local class formation
TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.localClassFormation K lives on the formation of (Kˢ)ˣ over the
absolute Galois group G_K = Gal(Kˢ/K). Its ground level is Kˣ. Its absolute Artin map
ClassFormation.absoluteArtinMap is the inverse limit of the finite Artin maps. Reading it
through these identifications gives the absolute local Artin map
artinMap K : Kˣ →* G_K^ab,
normalized, like the finite local Artin maps, by arithmetic Frobenius. Its target is
Field.absoluteGaloisGroupAbelianization K, the topological abelianization of Mathlib's
absolute Galois group Gal(AlgebraicClosure K/K), taken at the algebraic closure. The comparison
between the two closures is TauCeti.absoluteGaloisGroupRestrictEquiv, restriction to the
separable closure.
The finite restrictions of artinMap K are the finite local Artin maps (artinMap_restrict): if
σ ∈ Gal(AlgebraicClosure K/K) represents the absolute Artin symbol of x ∈ Kˣ, then for every
finite Galois extension L/K embedded in Kˢ by ι, the Artin symbol of x in Gal(L/K)^ab is
the class of the restriction of σ to L. The image of artinMap K is dense
(denseRange_artinMap), but it is not all of G_K^ab, so no statement about G_K^ab follows from
one about the image alone.
The norm subgroups of Kˣ are the preimages of the open subgroups of G_K^ab: every open
subgroup of G_K^ab is cut out by some finite Galois extension L/K, and its preimage under
artinMap K is the norm group N_{L/K}(Lˣ) (exists_artinMap_mem_iff), the kernel of the finite
local Artin map. Conversely every norm subgroup is such a preimage
(exists_openSubgroup_artinMap_mem_iff). Since norm groups of finite separable extensions are
open, artinMap K is continuous (continuous_artinMap), and its kernel is the intersection of
all norm subgroups (ker_artinMap_eq_iInf).
The absolute Artin map is functorial for the norm (artinMap_norm). For a finite extension L/K
embedded in Kˢ by iota, TauCeti.absoluteGaloisGroupExtend K L iota embeds G_L in G_K as
Gal(Kˢ/iota(L)), and it carries the Artin symbol of x ∈ Lˣ to that of N_{L/K} x. The proof
compares the two local class formations on corresponding layers
(TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.artinMap_localFormationLayerEquiv) and then uses the Artin–Tate
diagram for the norm inside the formation of K
(TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.ClassFormation.artinMap_groundNorm). On ground levels, that norm is
the field norm N_{L/K} (TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.groundNorm_layerRestriction_localFormationMap).
The absolute Artin map is natural in the local field (artinMap_congr). A continuous isomorphism
e : K ≃+* K', extended to the algebraic closures by e', carries Art_K(x) to Art_{K'}(e x).
Conjugation by e' is determined only up to an inner automorphism of G_{K'}, which is
invisible in G_{K'}^ab. This transports Artin symbols across identifications of local fields,
for instance from a completion of a number field to a concrete model such as ℚ_[p].
Main definitions #
TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.artinMap K: the absolute local Artin mapKˣ →* G_K^ab.
Main results #
TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.artinMap_apply:artinMap Kis the absolute Artin map of the local class formation, read through the identification of its ground level withKˣand the comparison of absolute Galois groups.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.artinMap_restrict: the finite restrictions of the absolute local Artin map are the finite local Artin maps.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.mem_normGroup_of_mk_eq_artinMap_of_fixes: an element whose Artin symbol fixes a finite Galois extensionM/Kis a norm fromM.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.mem_normGroup_fixedField_iff: for a finite abelian extensionM/K, an element is a norm from the fixed field ofH ≤ Gal(M/K)exactly when its norm residue symbol lies inH.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.denseRange_artinMap: the absolute local Artin map has dense image.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.exists_artinMap_mem_iff: the preimage of an open subgroup ofG_K^abis a norm subgroup.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.exists_openSubgroup_artinMap_mem_iff: every norm subgroup is the preimage of an open subgroup ofG_K^ab.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.continuous_artinMap: the absolute local Artin map is continuous.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.ker_artinMap_eq_iInf: its kernel is the intersection of all norm subgroups.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.artinMap_norm: the absolute local Artin map is functorial for the norm of a finite extension.TauCeti.ClassFieldTheory.artinMap_congr: the absolute local Artin map is natural for continuous isomorphisms of local fields.
References #
- J. Neukirch, Algebraic Number Theory, Chapter V, §1.
- J.-P. Serre, Local class field theory, in J. W. S. Cassels and A. Fröhlich (eds.), Algebraic Number Theory, Chapter VI, §2.
- J.-P. Serre, Local Fields, Chapter XI, §3 (functoriality of the reciprocity map).
The absolute local Artin map Kˣ →* G_K^ab of a nonarchimedean local field K, into the
topological abelianization of the absolute Galois group Gal(AlgebraicClosure K/K). It is the
map ClassFormation.fieldArtinMap of the local class formation, that is, its absolute Artin map
(artinMap_apply), the inverse limit of the finite local Artin maps (artinMap_restrict). It has
dense image (denseRange_artinMap).
Instances For
The absolute local Artin map is the absolute Artin map of the local class formation: the
absolute Artin symbol of x ∈ Kˣ, regarded as an element of the ground level ((Kˢ)ˣ)^{G_K},
carried from Gal(Kˢ/K)^ab to Gal(AlgebraicClosure K/K)^ab.
The finite restrictions of the absolute local Artin map are the finite local Artin maps.
If σ ∈ Gal(AlgebraicClosure K/K) represents the absolute Artin symbol of x ∈ Kˣ, then for
every finite Galois extension L/K embedded in the separable closure by ι, the Artin symbol of
x in Gal(L/K)^ab is the class of the restriction of σ to L.
An Artin symbol that fixes a finite Galois extension comes from a norm. If
σ ∈ Gal(AlgebraicClosure K/K) represents the absolute Artin symbol of x ∈ Kˣ and fixes
pointwise a finite Galois extension M of K inside the algebraic closure, then x is a norm
from M. This is artinMap_restrict combined with the kernel of the finite local Artin map
(localArtinMap_eq_zero_iff).
Norms from a subextension of an abelian extension. Let M/K be a finite abelian extension
and H a subgroup of Gal(M/K). If σ ∈ Gal(M/K) is the norm residue symbol of u ∈ Kˣ, then
u is a norm from the fixed field of H exactly when σ ∈ H.
The absolute local Artin map has dense image: it reaches every finite quotient of
G_K^ab, because every finite local Artin map is surjective.
The preimage of an open subgroup under the absolute local Artin map is a norm subgroup.
For every open subgroup U of G_K^ab there is an open normal subgroup V of G_K, cutting out
the finite Galois extension classField K V, such that the Artin symbol of x ∈ Kˣ lies in U
exactly when x is a norm from classField K V.
Every local norm subgroup is the preimage of an open subgroup under the absolute local Artin
map. For every open normal subgroup V of G_K there is an open subgroup U of G_K^ab, the
kernel of the projection G_K^ab → Gal(classField K V/K)^ab, such that the Artin symbol of
x ∈ Kˣ lies in U exactly when x is a norm from classField K V. This is the converse of
exists_artinMap_mem_iff.
The absolute local Artin map is continuous. The preimage of an open subgroup of G_K^ab
is a norm subgroup (exists_artinMap_mem_iff), and norm subgroups of finite separable extensions
are open in Kˣ.
The kernel of the absolute local Artin map is the intersection of all norm subgroups: the
Artin symbol of x ∈ Kˣ is trivial exactly when x is a norm from every finite Galois extension
of K. This says nothing about whether that intersection is trivial.
Norm functoriality #
Norm functoriality of the absolute local Artin map. Let L/K be a finite extension of
nonarchimedean local fields, embedded in Kˢ by iota. If τ ∈ Gal(AlgebraicClosure L/L)
represents the absolute Artin symbol of x ∈ Lˣ, then its image under the embedding
absoluteGaloisGroupExtend K L iota : G_L → G_K represents the absolute Artin symbol of the norm
N_{L/K} x: in G_K^ab,
Art_K (N_{L/K} x) = absoluteGaloisGroupExtend K L iota (Art_L x).
Naturality in the local field #
The absolute local Artin map is natural in the local field. Let e : K ≃+* K' be a
continuous isomorphism of nonarchimedean local fields and e' an extension of e to the algebraic
closures. If σ ∈ G_K represents the absolute Artin symbol of x ∈ Kˣ, then its conjugate
σ' = e' ∘ σ ∘ e'⁻¹ ∈ G_{K'} represents the absolute Artin symbol of e x:
Art_{K'} (e x) = e' ∘ Art_K (x) ∘ e'⁻¹.
Two extensions of e differ by an element of G_{K'}, and conjugation by it is invisible in
G_{K'}^ab, so every extension e' is allowed. Continuity of e is what makes it compatible
with the valuations of K and K'.