The dyadic different of ℚ(√2) #
For K generated over ℚ by an algebraic integer θ with minpoly ℤ θ = X² − 2, the radicand
2 is squarefree and not 1 modulo 4, so 𝓞 K = ℤ[θ] and discr K = 8. The prime 2
ramifies: 𝔭 = (θ) is the only prime of 𝓞 K above it, and 2 𝓞 K = 𝔭² since θ² = 2.
The different of ℤ[θ] is generated by f'(θ) = 2θ = θ³, so 𝔡 = 𝔭³. With e = 2 and
v_𝔭(e) = v_𝔭(2) = 2, the different exponent v_𝔭(𝔡) = 3 equals e − 1 + v_𝔭(e): at this wildly
ramified prime the upper bound of Dedekind's different theorem is attained, and the exponent
strictly exceeds the lower bound e. In ℚ(i) the opposite happens, v_𝔭(𝔡) = e = 2 < 3
(GaussianRationals.multiplicity_differentIdeal_lt_ramificationIdx_sub_one_add), so neither
bound determines the wild different exponent.
Main results #
TauCeti.NumberField.Sqrt2.adjoin_eq_top:𝓞 K = ℤ[θ], anddiscr_eq_eight:discr K = 8.TauCeti.NumberField.Sqrt2.eq_span_gen: the prime above2is(θ), withramificationIdx_eq_two:e = 2, andmap_span_two_eq_sq:2 𝓞 K = 𝔭².TauCeti.NumberField.Sqrt2.differentIdeal_eq_pow_threeandmultiplicity_differentIdeal_eq_three:𝔡 = 𝔭³, that isv_𝔭(𝔡) = 3.TauCeti.NumberField.Sqrt2.multiplicity_span_two_eq_two:v_𝔭(2) = 2.TauCeti.NumberField.Sqrt2.multiplicity_differentIdeal_eq_ramificationIdx_sub_one_add:v_𝔭(𝔡) = e − 1 + v_𝔭(e), andramificationIdx_lt_multiplicity_differentIdeal:e < v_𝔭(𝔡).
References #
- J. Neukirch, Algebraic Number Theory, Chapter III, Theorem 2.6.
- J.-P. Serre, Local Fields, Chapter III, §6, Proposition 13.
The defining identity θ² = 2.
ℚ(√2) has degree 2.
The ring of integers of ℚ(√2) is ℤ[θ]: the radicand 2 is squarefree and not 1
modulo 4.
The discriminant of ℚ(√2) is 8.
2 ramifies in ℚ(√2): it divides the discriminant 8.
The ideal (θ) has absolute norm 2: N(θ) = 0² − 2 · 1² = −2.
The different of ℚ(√2) is (θ³): the different of ℤ[θ] is generated by
f'(θ) = 2θ, and 2θ = θ³.
The prime above 2 in ℚ(√2) is (θ).
2 is totally ramified in ℚ(√2): e(𝔭 ∣ 2) = 2.
2 𝓞 K = 𝔭² in ℚ(√2).
The different of ℚ(√2) is 𝔭³.
The different exponent of ℚ(√2) at the dyadic prime is 3: v_𝔭(𝔡) = 3.
The dyadic valuation of 2 in ℚ(√2) is 2: v_𝔭(2) = 2.
The wild upper bound is attained in ℚ(√2): at the dyadic prime,
v_𝔭(𝔡) = e − 1 + v_𝔭(e), with e = 2 and both sides equal to 3.
The wild lower bound is strict in ℚ(√2): at the dyadic prime, e = 2 < 3 = v_𝔭(𝔡).