The normalized valuation of a natural number in a local field #
Let K be a nonarchimedean local field. The image of a natural number n under the canonical
map β β K lies in the ring of integers πͺ[K], so its normalized valuation is a natural
number as soon as it is defined, that is as soon as (n : K) β 0. This file introduces that
natural number,
natCastValuation K n hn : β,
and its basic API.
It is the quantity that measures how far n is from being invertible in πͺ[K]: it vanishes
exactly when (n : πͺ[K]) is a unit, equivalently when the residue characteristic of K does
not divide n. In particular it vanishes identically when K has positive characteristic, so
it carries information only in mixed characteristic; there its value at the residue
characteristic is the absolute ramification index of K.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.natCastValuation: the normalized valuation of the image of a natural number in a nonarchimedean local field, as a natural number.
Main results #
TauCeti.natCast_ne_zero_of_coprime_ringChar: a natural number prime to the residue characteristic is nonzero inK.TauCeti.normalizedValuation_natCast: the characteristic equation, which also records that the value is nonnegative.TauCeti.toAdd_normalizedValuation_natCastandTauCeti.valuation_natCast_eq_pow: the characteristic equation in the additive and multiplicative valuation conventions.TauCeti.natCastValuation_eq_zero_iff: the vanishing criterion, in terms of invertibility inπͺ[K].TauCeti.natCastValuation_eq_zero_iff_not_dvd: the vanishing criterion read off the residue characteristic.TauCeti.natCastValuation_ne_zero_iff_ringChar_eq: at a prime, the invariant is nonzero exactly when that prime is the residue characteristic.TauCeti.natCastValuation_eq_zero_of_ringChar_ne_zero: in equal characteristic the invariant is identically zero.TauCeti.normalizedAbsoluteValue_natCast: the normalized absolute value ofnisq ^ (-natCastValuation K n hn).TauCeti.IsDiscreteValuationRing.addVal_natCast: the same valuation in the discrete-valuation-ring convention.
References #
- J.-P. Serre, Corps Locaux, Chapter II, Β§1.
- J. Neukirch, Algebraic Number Theory, Chapter II, Β§6.
A natural number that is a unit in the integer ring is nonzero in the field.
A natural number prime to the residue characteristic is nonzero in the field.
If 2 is a unit in the integer ring, it is nonzero in the field.
The normalized valuation v_K((n : K)) of the image of a natural number n in a
nonarchimedean local field K, as a natural number. The proof hn that the image is nonzero
is part of the input: in positive characteristic the image can vanish, and no junk value is
assigned there.
Equations
- TauCeti.natCastValuation K n hn = (Multiplicative.toAdd ((TauCeti.normalizedValuation K) (Units.mk0 (βn) hn))).toNat
Instances For
The characteristic equation of natCastValuation: it decodes the normalized valuation of
(n : K). The right-hand side expresses the valuation as the image of a natural number, so the
equation also records that the image of n lies in πͺ[K].
The additive normalized valuation of a nonzero natural-number cast is its
natCastValuation.
The zero-preserving form of the characteristic equation of natCastValuation.
The vanishing criterion: the normalized valuation of n is zero exactly when n is
invertible in the ring of integers.
If n is invertible in the ring of integers then its normalized valuation vanishes.
The vanishing criterion read off the residue field: the normalized valuation of n is zero
exactly when the residue characteristic of K does not divide n.
For a prime p, the normalized valuation of p is nonzero exactly when p is the residue
characteristic of K, that is, exactly when K is p-adic.
In equal characteristic the normalized valuation of a nonzero natural-number cast always
vanishes: a natural number whose image in K is nonzero is prime to the characteristic, hence
invertible in πͺ[K]. The invariant therefore carries information only in mixed characteristic,
which is why the absolute ramification index is defined only there.
The normalized valuation of 1 vanishes.
The normalized valuation of a natural number is additive in it.
The normalized valuation of a natural number is monotone for divisibility.
The depth condition beyond v_K(n). If v_K(n) < i, then every prime p β£ n satisfies
v_K(p) < (p - 1) * i, the depth condition of the deep-unit power lemmas
map_powMonoidHom_unitFiltration and disjoint_rootsOfUnity_unitFiltration of
TauCeti.NumberTheory.LocalField.UnitFiltration.Pow.
The normalized valuation of a power of a natural number.
The ideal generated by a nonzero natural-number cast is the corresponding power of the maximal ideal, with exponent its normalized valuation.
The additive valuation of a nonzero natural-number cast in the integer ring agrees with
natCastValuation of its image in the field.
The multiplicative valuation of a nonzero natural-number cast is the corresponding power of the valuation of any uniformizer.
The normalized absolute value of a natural number is q ^ (-natCastValuation K n hn), where
q is the cardinality of the residue field.