Sums over representatives of the isomorphism classes #
Serre's mass formula has two forms: the sum of q ^ (-c(L)) over the totally ramified extensions
L ∈ σ_K(n) of a local field K inside a fixed separable closure, which equals n, and the sum of
1 / (#Aut_K(M) · q ^ c(M)) over a set of representatives M of their K-isomorphism classes,
which equals 1. This file passes from the first to the second.
Following Serre, a set of representatives is a predicate rather than a quotient:
IsRepresentativeSet n R says that R ⊆ σ_K(n) and that every member of σ_K(n) is
K-isomorphic to exactly one member of R. Such sets exist. A sum over σ_K(n) of a function
that is constant on K-isomorphism classes splits along the classes. By the orbit count
TauCeti.ncard_isomorphic_mul_natCard_algEquiv, the class of M has n / #Aut_K(M) members, so
the sum equals the sum over R of n / #Aut_K(M) times the value at M. The wild exponent is such
a function, so the two forms of the mass formula are equivalent.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.IsRepresentativeSet n R:Ris a set of representatives of theK-isomorphism classes ofσ_K(n).
Main results #
TauCeti.exists_isRepresentativeSet: sets of representatives exist.
In the namespace TauCeti.IsRepresentativeSet:
tsum_eq_tsum_div_natCard_algEquiv_mul: a sum overσ_K(n)of an isomorphism-invariant function, regrouped along isomorphism classes.mul_tsum_one_div_natCard_algEquiv_mul_natCard_residueField_pow_wildExponent:n · ∑_{M ∈ R} 1 / (#Aut_K(M) · q ^ c(M)) = ∑_{L ∈ σ_K(n)} q ^ (-c(L)).tsum_one_div_natCard_algEquiv_mul_natCard_residueField_pow_wildExponent_eq_one_iff: for0 < n, the second form of the mass formula holds forRexactly when the first does.
References #
- J.-P. Serre, Une « formule de masse » pour les extensions totalement ramifiées de degré donné d'un corps local, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Sér. A 286 (1978), 1031–1036, Théorème 2 and Remarque 3°.
A set R of subextensions of SeparableClosure K is a set of representatives of the
K-isomorphism classes of σ_K(n) when R ⊆ σ_K(n) and every member of σ_K(n) is
K-isomorphic to exactly one member of R.
Instances For
Every σ_K(n) has a set of representatives of its K-isomorphism classes.
A sum over σ_K(n) of a function that is constant on K-isomorphism classes, regrouped along
the classes: the class of a representative M has n / #Aut_K(M) members.
The two sums of Serre's mass formula, related along isomorphism classes:
n · ∑_{M ∈ R} 1 / (#Aut_K(M) · q ^ c(M)) = ∑_{L ∈ σ_K(n)} q ^ (-c(L)).
For 0 < n, Serre's mass formula over a set of representatives,
∑_{M ∈ R} 1 / (#Aut_K(M) · q ^ c(M)) = 1, is equivalent to the mass formula over σ_K(n),
∑_{L ∈ σ_K(n)} q ^ (-c(L)) = n.