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TauCeti.NumberTheory.NumberField.Global.Ideles.Norm.One

The norm-one idele class group #

The idele norm ‖·‖ : 𝕀_K → ℝ>0 of a number field K is trivial on the principal ideles by the product formula, so it descends to a continuous surjective homomorphism ideleClassNorm : C_K → ℝ>0 on the idele class group C_K = 𝕀_K / Kˣ. Its kernel is the norm-one idele class group C_K¹, a closed subgroup of C_K.

The full idele class group is not compact, since it surjects continuously onto the positive reals, and C_K¹ is a proper subgroup. The norm-one subgroup is the carrier of the compactness theorem for C_K¹, the adelic form of the finiteness of the class group and Dirichlet's unit theorem.

Main definitions #

Main results #

References #

The idele norm on the idele class group of a number field: the idele norm descends along the quotient by the principal ideles, on which it is trivial by the product formula.

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    The idele class norm of the class of an idele is its idele norm.

    The idele class norm of an idele class is a positive real number.

    The idele class norm is continuous.

    The norm-one idele class group C_K¹ of a number field: the classes of ideles of idele norm one.

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      The norm-one idele class group is normal, being a kernel.

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      An idele class lies in the norm-one subgroup exactly when its idele class norm is 1.

      The class of an idele lies in the norm-one subgroup exactly when the idele has norm 1.

      The preimage of the norm-one idele class group in the idele group is the kernel of the idele norm.

      The norm-one idele class group is closed in the idele class group.

      The norm-one idele class group is a proper subgroup: the idele class norm is surjective onto the nontrivial group ℝ>0.

      The idele class group of a number field is not compact: it surjects continuously onto the noncompact group ℝ>0. This is in contrast to the norm-one subgroup C_K¹, which is compact.