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TauCeti.NumberTheory.DedekindDomain.FiniteApproximation

Finite approximation in Dedekind domains #

This file gives the finite approximation theorem in the form used to patch local data over a Dedekind domain. Given residue classes modulo powers of the maximal ideals in finitely many localizations, one global element realizes all of them.

The proof combines the Chinese remainder theorem Ideal.pi_quotient_surjective with the canonical comparison IsLocalization.AtPrime.equivQuotMaximalIdealPow between a prime-power quotient and the corresponding quotient after localization.

Main results #

This is the finite approximation input for the local-to-global patching arguments in Silverman, The Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves, Chapter VIII, Section 8.

Finite approximation at height-one primes.

For pairwise distinct height-one primes v i, arbitrary residue classes modulo the indicated powers of the maximal ideals of R_{v i} are simultaneously represented by a single element of R.

Allowing exponent zero is harmless: the corresponding quotient is the zero ring, so that component imposes no condition.

Approximation modulo a nonzero ideal at every height-one prime.

Given an element x v of every localization R_v, a single a ∈ R is congruent to each x v modulo the extension of I to R_v. The family is indexed by all height-one primes; only the finitely many containing I constrain a, since at every other prime the extension is the unit ideal.

Approximation modulo a nonzero element at every height-one prime.

Given an element x v of every localization R_v, a single a ∈ R is congruent to each x v modulo d. Only the finitely many primes containing d constrain a.