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TauCeti.NumberTheory.NumberField.Cyclotomic.NormValuation

Norms from subfields of a cyclotomic field at primes not dividing the level #

Let K be a subfield of the n-th cyclotomic field F over ℚ and p a prime not dividing n. The automorphism ζ ↦ ζ ^ p of F is an arithmetic Frobenius at every prime above p, so its f-th power fixes K, where f is the residue degree of a prime of K above p. The p-adic valuation of the absolute norm of an ideal of K, and hence of the norm N_{K/ℚ}(x) of an element of K, is a sum of such residue degrees. So ζ ↦ ζ ^ (p ^ v_p(N_{K/ℚ} x)) fixes K.

This is the contribution of the primes not dividing n to the product formula for the explicit cyclotomic symbols, applied to the norm of an element of K.

Main results #

A residue-degree power of p fixes the subfield. Let K be a subfield of the n-th cyclotomic field F and P a prime of K above p ∤ n. Raising roots of unity to the power p ^ f(P/p) fixes K.

Raising roots of unity to the power p ^ v_p(𝔑 I) fixes K, for every ideal I of a subfield K of the n-th cyclotomic field and p ∤ n.

Norms from a cyclotomic subfield at a prime not dividing the level. For K a subfield of the n-th cyclotomic field, x ∈ K and p ∤ n, raising roots of unity to the power p ^ v_p(N_{K/ℚ} x) fixes K.