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TauCeti.NumberTheory.NumberField.CanonicalEmbedding.SignCut

Cutting a reflection-invariant subset of the mixed space at a finset of real places #

Let S be a finset of real places and A a subset of the mixed space preserved by the reflection negAt {w} of the real coordinate at each single place w of S. The 2 ^ S.card sign patterns along S then cut A into pieces of equal volume, exhausting A up to the null set where some coordinate of S vanishes.

Cutting A down to the points that are positive at every place of S therefore divides its volume by 2 ^ S.card, the real coordinates outside S staying free. A set whose membership depends on the real coordinates only through their absolute values is invariant at every real place, and for S all of the real places the statement is then Mathlib's NumberField.mixedEmbedding.volume_eq_two_pow_mul_volume_plusPart.

Main results #

The points positive at every place of S form an open set: it is a finite intersection of open half spaces.

The volume of a sign cut at a finset of real places. If reflecting the real coordinate at any one place of S preserves A, then prescribing a positive sign at each place of S divides the volume of A by 2 ^ S.card.