The residue degree of a completion is the inertia degree #
Let R ⊆ B be Dedekind domains with fraction fields K ⊆ L, and let w be a height-one prime of
B lying over the height-one prime v of R. The completions K_v and L_w carry valuative
relations, and the canonical map K_v → L_w is a valuative extension, so the residue field
𝓀[L_w] is an extension of the residue field 𝓀[K_v]. Its degree is the residue degree of the
local extension.
This file proves that this local residue degree is the global inertia degree f(w ∣ v): the
residue-field identifications R ⧸ v ≃+* 𝓀[K_v] and B ⧸ w ≃+* 𝓀[L_w] intertwine the two residue
extensions, so the two degrees agree. Together with
IsDedekindDomain.HeightOneSpectrum.ramificationIndex_adicCompletion, which matches the local
ramification index with w.asIdeal.ramificationIdx R, this says that passing to the completions
loses neither of the two invariants attached to w over v.
Main results #
IsDedekindDomain.HeightOneSpectrum.algebraMap_residueFieldEquivAdicCompletion: the residue-field identifications intertwine the residue extension ofwovervwith the residue extension of the completions.IsDedekindDomain.HeightOneSpectrum.finrank_residueField_adicCompletion: the residue degree ofL_w / K_visw.asIdeal.inertiaDeg R.IsDedekindDomain.HeightOneSpectrum.natCard_residueField_adicCompletion_eq_pow_inertiaDeg: for finite residue fields,#𝓀[L_w] = #𝓀[K_v] ^ f(w ∣ v).
References #
- [J. Neukirch, Algebraic Number Theory][Neukirch1992], Chapter II, §6 and §8.
The residue-field identifications are natural. The identifications R ⧸ v ≃+* 𝓀[K_v] and
B ⧸ w ≃+* 𝓀[L_w] intertwine the residue extension of w over v with the residue extension of
the completions.
The local residue degree is the global inertia degree. For w a height-one prime of B
over the height-one prime v of R, the residue field of the completion L_w has degree
w.asIdeal.inertiaDeg R over the residue field of K_v.
The residue cardinality of a completion. When the residue field of w is finite, the
residue field of L_w has #𝓀[K_v] ^ f(w ∣ v) elements.