The dyadic twisted subgroups U^[f] #
For f ≥ 2, Labute's twisted subgroup U^[f] of ℤ_2ˣ is the closed subgroup generated by
a dyadic unit u whose negative -u has exact principal-unit level f, the model case being
u = -1 + 2 ^ f. The square of the generator has principal-unit depth f + 1, so U^[f] is
U^(f+1) ∪ u U^(f+1): it meets 1 + 4ℤ₂ in exactly U^(f+1) = 1 + 2 ^ (f + 1)ℤ₂, has index
2 ^ (f - 1) in ℤ_2ˣ, does not contain -1, and depends only on f, not on the generator.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.topologicalClosure_zpowers_inf_unitsPrincipal_two:U^[f] ⊓ U^(2) = U^(f+1);TauCeti.mem_topologicalClosure_zpowers_two_iff:x ∈ U^[f] ↔ x ∈ U^(f+1) ∨ u⁻¹ x ∈ U^(f+1).TauCeti.index_topologicalClosure_zpowers_two:[ℤ_2ˣ : U^[f]] = 2 ^ (f - 1);TauCeti.neg_one_notMem_topologicalClosure_zpowers_two:-1 ∉ U^[f].TauCeti.map_powMonoidHom_two_topologicalClosure_zpowers_two:(U^[f])² = U^(f+1);TauCeti.relIndex_map_powMonoidHom_two_topologicalClosure_zpowers_two:(U^[f] : (U^[f])²) = 2.TauCeti.topologicalClosure_zpowers_two_eq_iff: two twisted subgroups agree iff their levels do;TauCeti.exists_val_eq_neg_one_add_two_pow: the model generator-1 + 2 ^ fexists.
References #
- J. Labute, Classification of Demushkin groups, Canad. J. Math. 19 (1967), the remark following the corollary to Theorem 4.
For f ≥ 2 and a dyadic unit u with -u of exact level f, that is -u ∈ U^(f) but
-u ∉ U^(f+1), the square u² = (-u)² has exact level f + 1, so it topologically generates
U^(f+1).
For f ≥ 2 and a dyadic unit u with -u of exact level f, the even part of the closed
subgroup generated by u is U^(f+1). The shift by one comes from the exact principal-unit
depth of u².
U^(f+1) ≤ U^[f]: the even part of the twisted subgroup.
Membership in the twisted subgroup: for f ≥ 2 and -u of exact level f, the closed
subgroup generated by u is U^(f+1) ∪ u U^(f+1).
An element of the twisted subgroup U^[f] outside 1 + 4ℤ_2 is a topological generator of
it, in the sense that its negative has exact level f: U^[f] = U^(f+1) ∪ w U^(f+1) for the
generator w, and the elements outside 1 + 4ℤ_2 are those of the coset w U^(f+1).
-1 ∉ U^[f]: unlike {±1} × U^(f+1), the twisted subgroup does not contain -1.
[U^[f] : U^(f+1)] = 2: the twisted subgroup is U^(f+1) ∪ u U^(f+1).
[ℤ_2ˣ : U^[f]] = 2 ^ (f - 1): the twisted subgroup contains U^(f+1) with index 2.
The subgroup of squares #
(U^[f])² = U^(f+1): the squares of the twisted subgroup are the principal units of level
f + 1, for f ≥ 2 and -u of exact level f.
(U^[f] : (U^[f])²) = 2, for f ≥ 2 and -u of exact level f.
The level of a twisted subgroup #
Two twisted subgroups agree iff their levels agree: U^[f] depends only on f, not on the
choice of generator u with -u of exact level f.
The model generator -1 + 2 ^ f #
The model case u = -1 + 2 ^ f of topologicalClosure_zpowers_inf_unitsPrincipal_two:
here -u = 1 - 2 ^ f has exact level f.