The totally ramified extensions of given degree and their wild exponents #
Let K be a nonarchimedean local field with residue field π[K]. Serre's mass formula counts the
totally ramified extensions of K of degree n inside a fixed separable closure, each weighted by
q ^ (-c(L)), where q = Nat.card π[K], d(L) is the discriminant exponent of L / K and
c(L) = d(L) - n + 1 is its wild exponent. This file sets up the objects being counted.
A subextension L of SeparableClosure K carries no topology or valuation of its own. When L / K
is finite, the structures finiteIntermediateFieldValuativeRel and
finiteIntermediateFieldTopology make it a nonarchimedean local field extending K, and
IsTotallyRamified and discriminantExponent apply. The two wrappers below install these
structures and extend total ramification and the discriminant exponent to arbitrary subextensions,
taking junk values (False and 0) when L / K is infinite; the comparison theorems
IntermediateField.isTotallyRamified_iff and IntermediateField.discriminantExponent_eq identify
them with the canonical invariants on finite subextensions. The wrappers and the wild exponent live
in the IntermediateField namespace, so that they are available as L.IsTotallyRamified,
L.discriminantExponent and L.wildExponent.
Working inside SeparableClosure K matters in equal characteristic p: it excludes inseparable
extensions such as those generated by a root of X ^ p - Ο.
Main definitions #
IntermediateField.IsTotallyRamified L:L / Kis finite and totally ramified.TauCeti.totallyRamifiedOfDegree K n: Serre'sΟ_K(n), the subextensions ofSeparableClosure Kthat are totally ramified of degreenoverK.IntermediateField.discriminantExponent L: the discriminant exponentd(L)of a finite subextension,0for an infinite one.IntermediateField.wildExponent L: the wild exponentc(L) = d(L) + 1 - [L : K].
Main results #
TauCeti.totallyRamifiedOfDegree_zeroandTauCeti.totallyRamifiedOfDegree_one:Ο_K(0) = βandΟ_K(1) = {K}, whereKhasd = c = 0.TauCeti.eq_one_of_mem_totallyRamifiedOfDegree_of_le_maximalUnramifiedExtension: a member ofΟ_K(n)inside the maximal unramified extension hasn = 1.IntermediateField.sub_one_le_discriminantExponent:n - 1 β€ d(L)forL β Ο_K(n), so the truncated subtraction inwildExponentis faithful:IntermediateField.natCast_wildExponentreadsc(L) = d(L) - n + 1inβ€, andIntermediateField.wildExponent_add_eq_discriminantExponent_add_onereadsc(L) + n = d(L) + 1inβ.IntermediateField.wildExponent_eq_zero_iff: forL β Ο_K(n),c(L) = 0exactly when the residue characteristic does not dividen, the tame criterion.IntermediateField.discriminantExponent_eq_of_algEquivandIntermediateField.wildExponent_eq_of_algEquiv:dandcare invariants of theK-isomorphism class.
References #
- J.-P. Serre, Une Β« formule de masse Β» pour les extensions totalement ramifiΓ©es de degrΓ© donnΓ© d'un corps local, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris SΓ©r. A 286 (1978), 1031β1036.
- J.-P. Serre, Local Fields, Chapter III, Β§Β§3 and 6.
A subextension L of SeparableClosure K is totally ramified over K when it is finite over
K and, with the local-field structure finiteIntermediateFieldValuativeRel and
finiteIntermediateFieldTopology, it satisfies IsTotallyRamified K L. For L infinite over K
this is False.
Instances For
On a finite subextension, IntermediateField.IsTotallyRamified is IsTotallyRamified for the
local-field structure finiteIntermediateFieldValuativeRel and
finiteIntermediateFieldTopology.
A totally ramified subextension is finite over K.
Serre's Ο_K(n): the subextensions of SeparableClosure K that are totally ramified of
degree n over K.
Instances For
Membership in Ο_K(n): degree n and totally ramified over K.
Ο_K(0) is empty: a finite extension has positive degree.
Ο_K(1) = {K}: the only subextension of degree one is the bottom one, and it is totally
ramified.
An unramified member of Ο_K(n) has degree one. A member of Ο_K(n) contained in the
maximal unramified extension of K is both unramified and totally ramified over K, so its
degree n is its ramification index 1.
The discriminant exponent d(L) of a subextension L of SeparableClosure K: for L / K
finite, discriminantExponent K L for the local-field structure
finiteIntermediateFieldValuativeRel and finiteIntermediateFieldTopology; for L / K infinite,
the junk value 0.
Instances For
On a finite subextension, IntermediateField.discriminantExponent is discriminantExponent
for the local-field structure finiteIntermediateFieldValuativeRel and
finiteIntermediateFieldTopology.
On an infinite subextension, IntermediateField.discriminantExponent takes the junk value
0.
The wild exponent c(L) = d(L) - [L : K] + 1 of a subextension L of SeparableClosure K,
written d(L) + 1 - [L : K] in truncated subtraction. For L β Ο_K(n) the truncation is
faithful by IntermediateField.sub_one_le_discriminantExponent, and c(L) is Serre's nonnegative
integer d(L) - n + 1.
Instances For
The defining equation of wildExponent, valid for every subextension: c(L) is
d(L) + 1 - [L : K] in truncated subtraction.
The discriminant bound for Ο_K(n): the discriminant exponent of a totally ramified
extension of degree n is at least n - 1. This is
ramificationIndex_sub_one_le_discriminantExponent with e(L / K) = n.
For L β Ο_K(n), the wild exponent is d(L) - n + 1 in β€.
For L β Ο_K(n), c(L) + n = d(L) + 1 in β, so the weight q ^ (-(d(L) + 1)) factors as
q ^ (-n) Β· q ^ (-c(L)).
The tame criterion for Ο_K(n): for L β Ο_K(n), the wild exponent vanishes exactly when
the residue characteristic of K does not divide n. Since L / K is totally ramified, d(L) is
the different exponent, so this is differentExponent_eq_ramificationIndex_sub_one_iff.
The bottom subextension has wild exponent 0.
The bottom subextension has discriminant exponent 0.
The discriminant exponent is an invariant of the K-isomorphism class, junk case
included: this is discriminantExponent_eq_of_algEquiv when L / K is finite, and both sides are
0 otherwise.
The wild exponent is an invariant of the K-isomorphism class, junk case included.