Norm equations in the local étale algebras #
For a number-field extension L/K, the local norm is the norm of K_v ⊗[K] L.
The semilocal comparisons identify its image with products of norms from all completions
above the place, including split algebras and real and complex places.
Main results #
TauCeti.mem_range_normUnits_adicCompletion_iffandTauCeti.mem_range_normUnits_completion_iff: the local norm range as products of norms.TauCeti.exists_unit_preimages_of_isUnramifiedAt: a unit has integral unit preimages if one completion above the place is unramified.TauCeti.mem_range_normUnits_adicCompletion_of_finrank_eq_one: every element is a local norm if one completion above the place has degree one, andTauCeti.mem_range_normUnits_completion_of_finrank_eq_oneis its infinite counterpart.TauCeti.pow_mem_range_normUnits_completion: at an infinite place everyn-th power is a local norm oncenkillsGal(L/K).TauCeti.mem_range_normUnits_completion_of_isComplex: at a complex place every unit is a local norm, for every finite extensionL/K.
References #
- J. Neukirch, Algebraic Number Theory, Chapter II, (8.4), and Chapter VI, §2.
The local decompositions are TauCeti.semilocalEquiv and
TauCeti.GlobalNumberFields.infiniteSemilocalEquiv; unit-norm surjectivity is
TauCeti.map_normUnits_unitFiltration.
A unit is a finite local norm exactly when it is a product of norms from the completions above the place. This includes split local algebras.
A unit is an infinite local norm exactly when it is a product of norms from the completions above the place. Real and complex places are both retained.
A unit of the base completion is a product of norms of integral units of the completions above it whenever at least one of those extensions is unramified.
Local norms at a finite place of degree one. If some completion L_w of L above the
finite place v has degree one over K_v, then every element of K_vˣ is a norm from the local
étale algebra K_v ⊗[K] L.
Local norms at an infinite place of degree one. If some completion L_w of L above the
infinite place v has degree one over K_v, then every element of K_vˣ is a norm from the local
étale algebra K_v ⊗[K] L.
n-th powers are local norms at an infinite place. If n kills Gal(L/K), then every
n-th power of K_vˣ is a norm from the local étale algebra K_v ⊗[K] L: the local degree
[L_w : K_v] is the order of the decomposition group of w, a cyclic group of order 1 or 2,
so it divides n, and a ^ [L_w : K_v] is the norm of a.
Complex places #
Every unit is a local norm at a complex place. At a complex place w of K every unit of
K_w ≅ ℂ is the norm of a unit of the local étale algebra K_w ⊗[K] L: it is an [L : K]-th
power, and the [L : K]-th power of b ∈ K_wˣ is the norm of b ⊗ 1.